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Big Red: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Riggs Resources · Surface
Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202228

Big Red has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Riggs Resources 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 0
1990 0
1989 1
1988 2
1985 1
1984 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Big Red sits in Maricopa County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Maricopa County, Arizona · Population 4,491,987
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$85,518
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

October 23, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Riggs Resources · Struck against stationary object

WHILE ON HIS WON TIME OUR EMPLOYE TOOK IT UPON HIM SELF TO CHECK THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, HE DID THIS BY MEANS OF HIS PERSONAL THREE WHEELER HIS FOOT STRUCK A ROCK AND HIS SMALL TOE WAS REMOVED. H E WAS NOT WEARING PROPER SHOES AND WAS AT THE MINE SITE WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE.

May 24, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Riggs Resources · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SKIDSTER WHEN IT STALLED INSTEAD OF ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE MOTOR OR DRIVING IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, HE JUMPED OUT WHILE THE SKIDSTER WAS STILL MOVING.