Mining Incidents

Arizona #1Metal/Nonmetal

EFR Arizona Strip LLC · Underground
Controlled by Energy Fuels Inc
Fredonia, Coconino County, AZ · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202443
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2007–2013
Latest incident
Jan 2013
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2013 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

2 Miners were lowering a jackleg drill down from a raise, the drill slipped from their grasp and 1 miners hand was caught between the drill and a piece of wooden lagging.

2012 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

While bolting the back a 6 inch rock came loose from the back and struck the miner on the hand on top of the drill causing a cut that needed 4 sutures.

2011 · 2 incidents

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A miner was kneeling on the ground repairing an airline, when he went to stand up, his leg made a pop and gave out. He went to the hospital for examination.

Struck against stationary object

Electrician was wiring in a starter box when he stepped on a 4 inch rock rolling over his ankle. causing a small bone to break.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Working in the # 2 manway compartments at approximately the 770 foot steel set, he was removing an old piece of lagging. While attempting to remove the wood cribbing from the bottom the top started to tip towards him. He put his hand up to stop it from falling.

2007 · 3 incidents

Struck by falling object

Miner was attempting to install splitset rock bolt. Miner inserted bolt into drilled hole. While positioning driver into splitset, miner bumped splitset causing it to dislodge and fall from back striking him on bridge of nose. This caused a laceration requiring 6 stitches.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While riding the conveyance down the shaft at a slow pace, employee tried knocking off a piece of timber from the shaft steel set getting his right index finger caught between conveyance and guide resulting in a laceration requiring 8 sutures.

Accident type, without injuries

Crew was using a cutting torch to remove inaccessable guide bolts; a piece of molten metal inadvertantly fell down the shaft. It is unknown what was smoldering as the shaft is under rehabilitation at this time and it is unsafe to travel down the shaft to extinguish the fire.