During maintenance, a miner was struck by the boom of an excavator that was being used to position crusher parts; causing him to lose balance and fall approximately 11 feet. The fall resulted in several broken bones. MSHA arrived on site the afternoon of the accident and started an investigation. *Employee died on 5/26/2015.
Hualapai PitMetal/Nonmetal
Desert Construction Inc · Surface
Controlled by Thomas Short; Linda Short
Kingman, Mohave County, AZ · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0201062
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2000–2023
- Latest incident
- May 2023
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedFall from machine
Reportable incidents
6 on file (excluding fatalities above)2023 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was clearing debris from dump truck tailgate and pinched finger in the tailgate. Received cut to middle finger requiring stitches.
2019 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee claims to have hurt shoulder while climbing into the loader.
2008 · 1 incident
Fall onto or against objects
The injured employee was climbing the stairs of his equipment when his foot slipped off of the step. He banged his knee on the equipment as a result of his foot slipping off the step.
2002 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
THE A/C UNIT MOUNTED ON THE INSIDE CAB ROOF CAME LOOSE AND HIT THE OPERATOR IN THE MOUTH.
2000 · 2 incidents
Struck against a moving object
PUSHING DIRT AND DOZER RAN OVER A BIG ROCK AND DOZER WWENT UP IN THE AIR AND CAME DOWN HARD.