DREXEL PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Sunward Materials · Surface

Controlled by Cemex S A

Pima County, AZ · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0200693

MSHA record for DREXEL PIT (mine ID 0200693). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 9
Years on record: 1983–1990
Latest incident: Jun 1990

Quarterly safety rates

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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1	50	0	0	0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

August 1, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY

Columbia Materials · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

I.NAME TOLD TO PUSH HIGH WALL IN AND TO START AT LOW END TO HELP LOADER.LOOKS LIKS LIKE HE WAS STRIPPING AT UNSAFE DISTANCE 1-3\ FROM EDGE OF PIT WALL AND PARALLEL WITH PIT WALL.PART OF WALL C AVED IN CAUSING DOZER TO SLIDE OFF WALL 20\.

Reportable incidents

8 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1990 · 1 incident

June 18, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

B C W Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP SUCTION LINE OF PUMP AT SETTLING POND WHEN THE FOOT VALVE OF THE PUMP CLOSED ON HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

1985 · 2 incidents

October 14, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Columbia Materials · Struck against a moving object

WHILE PUSHING M5TERIAL INTO GRISSLY, LOADER BUCKET HIT A RAIL.

June 8, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

Columbia Materials · Struck by flying object

WHILE AT WORK S2METHING BLEW INTO RIGHT EYE

1984 · 4 incidents

July 30, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Columbia Materials · Struck by falling object

WHILE HE WAS SCRAPING MATERIAL OFF THE PIT WALL, ROCKS FELL DOWN AND CAME INTO THE CAB OF THE LOADER.

July 27, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Columbia Materials · Fall from machine

I NAME WAS WORKING ON A LOADER IN THE PIT. WHEN HE JUMPED OFF THE LOADER TO FIND HIS FORMENA, HE BRUISED HIS RIGHT HEEL.

July 13, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Columbia Materials · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS WORKING AT THE FOOT OF THE PIT WALL, TAKING MATERIAL FROM IT WHEN THE WALL CAME DOWN ON THE BACK TO THE LOADER CAUSING THE REAR END TO CAME OFF THE GROUND. THE JERKING CAUSED SOME N ECK STRAIN AND PAIN.

April 11, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Columbia Materials · Struck by flying object

I NAME WAS LOADING FILL DIRT INTO THE BACK OF PIT TRUCK WHEN THE WIND BLEW DIRT INTO HIS EYE.

1983 · 1 incident

January 12, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Columbia Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE PUSHING A PRY BAR TO FIX HOPPER ON THE CRUSHER PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HAND WAS SMASHED BETWEEN PRY BAR AND HOPPER CRUSHING INJURIES TO FINGERS

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