Mining Incidents

PLANT 55 Metal/Non-Metal

Superior Materials · Surface
Controlled by Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc
Yavapai County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202025

MSHA record for PLANT 55 (mine ID 0202025). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1984–1997
Latest incident
Jul 1997
Quarterly safety rates
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 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

July 16, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Superior Companies · Struck against stationary object

EE RUNNING ACROSS CATWALK AT CRUHSER, STEPPED ON A 5/8" BOLT LAYING ON CATWALK, TWISTING ANKLE AND CAUSING SPRAIN.

February 28, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Superior Companies · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN STUCK OIL DRAIN PLUG IN 988B TO CHANGE OIL. WHEN TIGHT PLUG SUDDENLY CAME LOOSE, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. DID NOT WANT JECIAL EXAM TO BEGIN, BUT WENT W HEN SORENESS REMAINED FOR 2 WEEKS.

1995 · 1 incident

January 30, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Superior Companies · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING DISC GRINDER IN CRUSHER FEEDER. GRINDER "GRABBED" SMALL PIECE OF METAL AND JERKED BACK HITTING EE IN UPPER LEG CAUSING A SMALL CUT. INITIALLY REQUIRED FIRST AIR ONLY. SLIGHT INFEC TION REQUIRED SUBSEQUENT DR. TREATMENT. DR. RECOMMENDED TIME OFF TO REDUCE POSSIBILITY OF ADDED IRRITATION DURING COURSE OF NORMAL DUTIES.

1994 · 1 incident

February 28, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Companies · Struck against a moving object

NO ACCIDENT TO REPORT - EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR. APT. AFTER REGULAR SHIFT DUE TO AIN IN LOWER BACK. DR. DETERMINED PAIN WAS AGGRAVATED BY SITTING/DRIVING THE WATER TRUCK - UNKNOWN IF CONDITION "C AUSED" BY JOB OR JUST "AGGRAVATED" BY JOB.

1992 · 1 incident

November 4, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Superior Companies · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE IS AN EQUIPMENT SERVICE MAN FROM AN OFF SITE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE WAS PERFORMING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON THE ROCK TRUCK. WHEN STEPPING DOWN FROM TRUCK, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TU RNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

1991 · 1 incident

November 11, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Superior Companies · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SECTION OF THE CHIP LOG AT THE WASH PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE OF GROUND & LADDER & FELL & TWISTED HIS BACK

1987 · 1 incident

December 15, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Companies · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING MATERIAL UNDER THE SCALPER OF THE CRUSHER AND PULLED A MUSCLE CAUSING LOWER BACK STRAIN.

1986 · 3 incidents

July 30, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Superior Companies · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMP WAS USING K6BOTA TRACTOR TO CLEAN UNDER A CONVEYOR HE WAS BACKING IN WHEN HE MADE CONTACT WITH CONVEYOR WHICH PUSHED HIM FORWARD AND CAUSED HIM TO APPLY MORE PRESSURE ON THE TRACTORS REVER PEDAL THE TRACT2R LUNGED INTO REVERSE AND PINNED HIM AGAINST THE CONVEYOR EMP SUFFERED BRUISES TO HIS CHEST AND BROKEN RIBS

April 10, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Companies · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BE3DING OVER TO DISCONNECT THE HOSE GOING TO THE WATER TRUCK WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS BACK GIVE HEHAD NOT YET PICKED UP THE HOSE OR ANY OTHER WEIGHT EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WI TH BACK STRAIN 3 HAS NOT YET RETURNED TO WORK HE IS EXPECTED TO RETURN MONDAY APRIL 21 1986

January 15, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Companies · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS BENDING 2VER & LIFTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE FELT HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK. HE COMPLAINED OF SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN RADIATING INTO HIS LEGS. HIS DOCOTR DIANOSED PROBLEM AS NE RVE ROOT IRRITA7ION.

1984 · 1 incident

November 26, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Superior Companies · Fall from machine

DRAGLINE OPERATOR PERFORMING ROUTINE CHECKS AROUND DRAGLINE MACHINE WHEN ONE OF THE CATWALK SUSPENSIONS BROKE AND THREW HIM TO THE GROUND DISTANCE OF 5\.

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