Mining Incidents

Star Placer dba: Big Bug Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Debra J Knight
Prescott, Yavapai County, AZ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0202013

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2008–2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
115
citations
42
significant & substantial
$17,267
proposed penalties
$17,267
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 3,568 1 0 280.3
2025 Q3 4,085 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,533 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,971 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,336 1 0 230.6
2024 Q3 3,741 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,938 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,465 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2022 · 1 incident

April 28, 2022 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carlin Trend Mining Supplies and Service · 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

April 26, 2021 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carlin Trend Mining Supplies and Service · 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

December 10, 2019 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager MACHINERY
Carlin Trend Mining Supplies and Service · 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

January 3, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
G & S Gravel Inc · 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.