Mining Incidents

Apple TreeMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Carl M Gray
Paulden, Coconino County, AZ · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202717
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
38
Years on record
2000–2012
Latest incident
Aug 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

38 on file

2012 · 4 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Driving heavy equipment tractor, reversing, tractor rail caught a slab of rock, jarring motion sprained back requiring chiropractic treatment on 08/08/12

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Wind velocity was extreme on 4/02/12; foreign object blew in eye, did not request a physician visit until 4/05/12 because the foreign object continued to bother his right eye.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING A SLAB/BLOCK OF STONE, THE CORNER BROKE, JUMPED BACK TO AVOID BLOCK CRUSHING LEG, PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER THIGH.

Struck by falling object

Splitting large block of stone, block slipped and hit right ankle.

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

BLOWING WIND BLEW PARTICLE OF DUST INTO LEFT EYE

2010 · 4 incidents

Struck by falling object

Splitting rock slab, slab broke and caught index finger as it slipped to the ground.

Struck by falling object

Flagstone broke hitting right shin - requested physician visit because lower leg turning black.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepping into the pickup truck at job site and left leg popped out, knee and leg swelling.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifitng a stone slab, suffered strain/sprain of lumbar spine.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

DRIVING HEAVY EQUIPMENT (TRACTOR) BODY JOLTED FROM TERRAIN AND FELT A PULL IN LOWER BACK ON 5-22-09, REPORTED STRAIN INJURY TO EMPLOYER, STRAIN HAS NOT GOTTEN BETTER, NOTIFIED EMPLOYER FOR TREATMENT ON 5-28-09

2008 · 4 incidents

Fall from machine

Fell dismounting from loader

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hammering a block of stone, hammer missed and hit himself on the left shin, did not request a doctor's appt until 12-31-08

Struck by falling object

Rock slipped and caught small finger of left hand

Struck by flying object

Chiseling rock and debris entered eye

2007 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting a rock at work & felt abdomen pull.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hammering chisel, chisel slipped and hit miner in upper lip.

2006 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

PALLETIZING ROCK, SHEET OF FLAGSTONE SLIPPED, SMASHING RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND

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

Lifting a block w/crow bar, block slipped and caught his finger, smashing it.

2004 · 5 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SEPARATING A BLOCK OF STONE, THE TOP BLOCK SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIS THIRD MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN TWO BLOCKS OF STONE HE WAS SEPARATING.

Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER, LEFT FOOT GOT STUCK IN LADDER WHEN LEFT FOOT & BOOT SLIPPED ON THE LADDER APPARATUS. WHEN EE PULLED FOOT FREE OF LADDER, HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LT. THIGH. THE SWELLING & BRUISING HAS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS SO EE REPORTED INJURY IN ORDER TO GO TO A PHYSICIAN & HAVE AN ULTRASOUND & MRI DONE.

Struck by falling object

Employee was injured on 4-15-04 by a rock which he was lifting that broke in half and fell against his left shin/ ankle. The ee felt that the injury was incidental until 4-20-04 when his ankle swelled up in a knot and the skin broke for drainage. We sent him to the medical center to be examined.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER AND HIT HIS WRIST.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHISEL BROKE AND METAL CAUSED SUPERFICIAL CUT TO THE NECK. EMPLOYEE LATER WENT TO PHYSICIAN TO BE SURE THAT NO FOREIGN BODY IN SUPERFICIAL CUT & TO GET A TETNUS SHOT.

2003 · 7 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STARTED COMPLAINING OF STOMACH PAIN AND A LUMP BELOW HIS NAVEL; SENT FOR EVALUATION REGARDING POSSIBLE HERNIA.

Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE JACKHAMMER. AFTER COMPLETING THE TASK, WIND BEGAN TO BLOW AND A PIECE OF DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYE EVEN THOUGH HE WAS USING SAFETY GLASSES.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND HIT HIMSELF IN THE LOWER RIGHT LEG WITH THE SLEDGE. EE DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL AFTER BRUISING APPEARED AND THE BRUISING HAD A HARD QUALITY TO THE BRU ISE. EE WAS SENT TO THE DR WHO CHECKED FOR FRACTURE WITH A NEGATIVE RESULT AND WAS GIVEN A TETANUS SHOT. EE WAS INJURED ON 10-3-03 BUT DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL 10-7-03 TO HAVE BRUISED

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING, CARRYING A JACKHAMMER, TRIPPED ON THE BAGGY JEANS HE WAS WEARING AND FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND. EE WENT TO THE E.R. LATE IN THE EVENING WITH A SEVERE HEADACHE. DIAGN OSIS: MINOR CONCUSSION.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS USING A CROWBAR TO LIFT A LARGE BLOCK OF STONE, THE CROWBAR SLIPPED AND THE EE'S HAND HIT THE STONE CAUSING A CUT TO HIS RIGHT HAND/KNUCKLES.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

SATURDAY EVENING, THE EE PHONED TO STATE THAT HE WAS IN A SEVERE AMOUNT OF PAIN ON HIS RT. SIDE.THE EE COULD NOT TOLERATE THE PAIN & WENT TO THE E.R. WHO ADVISED A POSSIBLE INJUINAL HERNIA. TH IS WAS CONFIRMED ON 3/3/03 WITH EE'S REGULAR DR..

Struck by falling object

LIFTING A BLOCK OF FLAGSTONE WITH CROWBAR, BLOCK SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST LEFT LEG CALF AND SHIN. TAKEN FOR X-RAYS TO BE SURE OF NO BROKEN BONES. NO BONES WERE BROKEN. SCRAPE OF SKIN AND BRUIS ING ONLY.

2002 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BOUNCING A STEEL BAR TO CREATE A FRACTURE LINE ON A BLOCK OF STONE, THE EE BENT OVER TOO FAR AND THE BAR BOUNCED INTO HIS FACE AND SMACKED HIM IN THE FRONT TOP RT. TOOTH. TOOTH HAD TO BE PULLED.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INSECT BITE TO LEFT HAND (COW FLY)

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING UP AND DOWN OFF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT (LOADER) DEVELOPED A GROIN STRAIN/INJURY. WENT TO THE DR. ON FRIDAY MAY 17, 2002 BECAUSE HE HAS NOT EARLIER REQUESTED TO SEE A DR.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEANING A PIECE OF FLAGSTONE AGAINST HIS BODY, HE HAMMERED A CHISEL INTO THE STONE AND A SPLINTER FROM THE CHISEL WENT INTO HIS LEFT SIDE. SENT TO THE DR TO HAVE THE SPLINTER REMOVED.

2000 · 4 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HAMMERING A CHISEL, MISSED THE CHISEL AND HIT HIMSELF ON THE LEFT SHIN.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

APPARENTLY DURING THE COURSE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING STONE AND STRAINED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS ABDOMEN.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN ON SEPT 11, 00. IT OCCURRED AGAIN SEPT 15 AND 16. BY SUNDAY PAIN WAS CONSTANT AND MONDAY SEPT 18 HE REQUESTED WE MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DOCT OR.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A CROWBAR TO LIFT A BLOCK OF SANDSTONE, THE CROWBAR SLIPPED AND PINCHED THE EE'S SMALL FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.