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Big Horn Mine: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Roddy Resources (Arizona) Inc · Surface
Controlled by Roddy Resources Canada Inc
Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202285

Big Horn Mine has had no fatalities among 6 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. J Devins Resource Group Inc 1986 to 1989
  2. Roddy Resources (Arizona) Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 3
1989 22
1988 14
1987 22
1986 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Big Horn Mine 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

6 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

March 4, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J Devins Resource Group Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE REFINING, FRESH STEEL WOOL WAS ADDED TO SLAG CAUSING CRUCIBLE TO EXPLODE.

March 4, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J Devins Resource Group Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE REFINING, FRESH WOOL WAS ADDED TO HOT SLAG CAUSING AN EXPLOSION.

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1988 · 2 incidents

1987 · 2 incidents

October 16, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J Devins Resource Group Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EDUCTING 7ARBON, THE CAM LOCK FITTING ON BULL HOSE WAS STUCK ON EDUCTOR. WHILE PULLING ON HOSE IT CAME LOOSE & HE WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT SHOULDE