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Copperstone Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp · Underground

Controlled by Cyprus Amax Minerals Company

La Paz County, AZ · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0202458

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 1989
Latest incident: Mar 1989

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1989 · 5 incidents

March 28, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY

Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER GOT L HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL STEEL AND CHUCK OF DRILL WHILE PLACING STEEL

March 14, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY

Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLIENTS EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING OUT A ROCK SAMPLE & VICTIM WAS HOLDING SAMPLE BAG CLIENTS EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF CHIPPER & MASHED VICTIMS FINGER

February 10, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP HELPED LIFT 4 INCH SCHEDULE 40 SEVICE PIPE AND STRIANED R. TESTICLE.

February 6, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY

Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK FELL OFF OF HAUL TRUCK STRIKING AIR VALVE UNDERGROUND CAUSING HOSE TO WHIP AND PUSHED MINER WHERE HIS LEFT FOOT WAS PLACED UNDER THE DESCENDING JACK ON THE ROADHEADER MINING MACHINE.

January 31, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALKING DOWN MINE DECLINE AND LOST FOOTING SLIP FELL INJ BACK.