Mining Incidents

Mine #2Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Johnny Weik III
MESA, Maricopa County, AZ · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0202799
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2019
Latest incident
Jun 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2019 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Laborer was passenger in other laborers personal truck. They were driving on an approximately 1 1/2 mile hilly dirt road. The driver met a drilling machine on the road, hit brakes, lost control of truck, went off the road and rolled truck. The posted speed limit was 15 mph. The driver said EE was driving 35-40 mph.

Struck against a moving object

Laborer was driving personal truck with another laborer to go and pick up the water truck. It was a dirt road approximately 1 1/2 miles long. The driver met a drilling machine on the road, hit the brakes, lost control and went off the road and rolled the truck. Speed limit was 15 mph. Driver said they were driving 35-40 mph.

2012 · 1 incident

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

Employee was helping to install a chute on a 6x20 screening plant. He was using a prybar to help align the chute when the chute shifted and his right ring finger got caught between the chute and the screening plant. His finger was fractured. He saw a doctor on 5/23/12 and was released to full duty. Following his doctor's appointment he went on his scheduled vacation.

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning the head pulley shaft with a pneumatic sander when disc flew off and struck employee both the left and right forearm. The employee returned to work the same day with no restrictions determined by Foothills Walk-In Medical Care. No loss of time from work.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hitting a loader tooth with a hammer (in an attempt to loosen and remove the pin), piece of steel broke off of tooth and punctured right thigh. The fragment was 5mm x 11mm. Worker received two stiches.

2001 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS LIFTING A 5 GAL. BUCKET AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.