Mining Incidents

Hughes Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Pima County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0200678

MSHA record for Hughes Pit (mine ID 0200678). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Hughes Pit.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990–1993
Latest incident
May 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1993 · 1 incident

May 7, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Granite Construction Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SHUT DOWN GYRO CRUSHER CIRCUIT, THE CIRCUIT DID NOT DISCONNECT. THE EMPLOYEE THEN ATTEMPTED TO DISCONNECT A 30 AMP SEWITCH. WHEN HE THREW THE SWITCH A FLASH OCCURED.

1990 · 1 incident

November 12, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Granite Construction Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING. DUST BLEW INTO EYES CAUSING CONJUNCTIVITIS REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Hughes Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.