Mining Incidents

Lake Havasu Airport PitMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by D L Campbell Sr
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Mohave County, AZ · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0202962
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2014–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee was changing screens and had one slip and hit their back, at the time of the event they felt ok but after the shift their neck, back and shoulder started hurting so they went to the dr. they did x-rays everything was clear and employee was released for full duty the Monday after Thanksgiving at the same visit.

2023 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee was servicing PS02 when a rock rolled off the belt and struck EE in the head. Giving EE a cut that needed stitches.

2022 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was adjusting a belt wiper so it could clean the belt off better when the clips came around they grabbed the wiper and it folded under the belt and it grabbed the wrench out of EE's hand and flipped it around striking EE in the arm/wrist area.

Struck by falling object

EE was filling the water truck when EE pulled on the chain to open the valve, the handle of the valve slipped off the valve and struck EE on the back of EE's left hand. We took EE to Urgent Care to have EE's hand looked at and X-ray came back clean and the doctors released EE to come back to work the same day.

2021 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee was working on a radiator on a power screen. There was a piece of jagged metal on the equipment that cut EE's right hand.

2017 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Miner was checking the radiator fluid on the genset before starting. Miner slipped and caught employee's left index finger on the radiator cap. Employee cut the tip of employee's finger.

2015 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was using a Milwaukee 110V grinder (no trigger lock) with a wire wheel attachment to knock off dirt on the wall of a dry screen. The wire wheel contacted a weld under the dirt which caused it to jump. Miner was wearing work gloves. The wire brush contacted the work gloves pushed the gloves towards the palm which exposed the skin and allowed contact.

2014 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

The miner was using the stacked concrete blocks as stairs to access the end of a feeder. When returning down the blocks the miner stepped on the V-top of the concrete block instead of the flat portion on the block and twisted his ankle.