Mining Incidents

Quarry TankMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Philip N Levin
Ash Fork, Coconino County, AZ · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202934
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2003–2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2008 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee lost footing and fell bruising ribs.

2007 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Worker was moving a piece of stone and stone dropped on foot, worker was diagnosed with an ankle strain/sprain and is released for modified work.

2004 · 3 incidents

Struck by falling object

Miner was splitting stone with hammer and chisel. Chisel slipped and he hit his left hand.

Struck against a moving object

THE OPERATOR WAS DRIVING THE BULLDOZER PARALLEL TO A SOLID SLOPE. THE EQUIPMENT SLID APPROX. 4-5' TO AN 18-24"" DROP OFF. THE DOZER ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE. THE MINER WAS RELEASED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. DOZER WAS INOPERABLE FOR 2 DAYS TO ALLOW FLUIDS TO RETURN TO NORMAL.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STRIKING HAMMER TO METAL CHISEL WHEN HAMMER HIT HIS THUMB.

2003 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS SPLITTING SANDSTONE SLAB WHEN SLAB BROKE CAUSING A SHARP EDGE WHICH CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER & FRACTURED IT

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS MOVING A STONE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.