Mining Incidents

Golden Buckskin Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by T J Dermot Dunphy
Chino Valley, Yavapai County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202733

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2003–2007
Latest incident
Jul 2007
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4 362 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 743 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,060 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 633 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2007 · 1 incident

July 30, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sandstone · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was lifting a slab of sandstone onto a pallet when he sustained pain to his lower back. Physician diagnosis: Lumbar strain.

2006 · 2 incidents

October 2, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
American Sandstone · Struck against stationary object

EE was placing pieces of sandstone onto a pallet when he stepped on the edge of a piece of stone that was on the ground and sustained a sprained ankle.

March 17, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sandstone · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was manually placing pieces of sandstone onto a wooden pallet when he sustained a sharp pain to his lower back. Physician diagnosis: Lumbar strain.

2005 · 1 incident

December 13, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sandstone · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was palletizing pieces of patio stone when he sustained a sharp pain in his lower back. Physician deignosis: lumbar strain He lost 1 day of work on 12/14/05. He returned to work on light duty on 12-15-05 until next evaluation of 12/7/05.

2004 · 1 incident

August 31, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Sandstone · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING SANDSTONE WITH A CHISEL & AN 8LB. HAMMER. IN THE SPLITTING PROCESS, HE MISSED THE CHISEL, STRIKING THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LT. HAND. INJURY OCCURED ON 8/31/04 BUT NOT REPORTED UNTIL 9/2/04. EE WAS TREATED FOR INFECTION & CONTUSION OF THE INJURED FINGER, (2) LOST WORKDAYS.

2003 · 2 incidents

December 2, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
American Sandstone · Struck against stationary object

WHILE INSPECTING A PILE OF STONE FOR QUALITY, EE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF STONE WHICH FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT FOOT. THIS ACTION CAUSED PAIN THEN NUMBNESS TO THE BIG TO E. DIAGNOSIS: CONTUSION TO RIGHT FOOT. EE RETURNED TO HIS REGULAR DUTIES 12/3/03.

August 12, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Sandstone · Struck by flying object

SPLITTING STONE WITH CHISEL & HAMMER AND FOREIGN BODY FLEW INTO EYE.