Mining Incidents

Star Placer dba: Big Bug Sand & GravelMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Debra J Knight
Prescott, Yavapai County, AZ · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0202013
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2008–2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2022 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was chipping away at a rock stuck in the 4-8 chute when the blockage cleared the material finished falling to the belt. Bar was pushed into EE's shoulder.

2021 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee was throwing rocks off conveyor and hit hand on guard, which cut right hand middle finger. Employee wasn't wearing gloves when incident occurred. Then after work had gone to get 9 stitches.

2019 · 1 incident

Contact with hot objects or substances

On 1/8/2020 I was notified that an employee was on the way to the hospital for an infection in their knee. After talking to the employee they said they were using the cutting torch when a piece of slag burned their knee. This occurred on 12-10-2019 to the best of their recollection.

2008 · 1 incident

Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Contractor fell from cone crusher platform. He was not wearing his required safety harness. He was treated by paramedics & transported to John C Lincoln Hospital & released later that evening. He suffered a back injury. At the time of the accident I was in California and not present on the mine.