Mining Incidents

The Azurite - Senator MineMetal/Nonmetal

Prescott, Yavapai County, AZ · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0203385
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2017–2020
Latest incident
Jun 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2020 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was maintaining/cleaning a shaker screen and felt shoulder muscle torn; employee came back to work the next work day (misreported as first aid case, MSHA instructed operator to re-submit 7000-1 for this case)

2019 · 5 incidents

Struck by flying object

Employee was using angle grinder with safety glass on, piece of metal found its way into eye; employee came back to work the next work day (week day crew). (misreported as first aid case, MSHA instructed operator to re-submit 7000-1 for this case).

Contact with heat

Employee was doing dirt work with shoveling and got dehydrated; employee came back to work the next day. (Misreported as first aid case, MSHA instructed operator to re-submit 7000-1 for this case).

Fall onto or against objects

Employee slipped and fell backwards against a 2x6 wood right on back two ribs. Employee came back to work the next work day (weekend shift crew). (Misreported as first aid case, MSHA instructed operator to re-submit 7000-1 for this case).

Fall from machine

Employee took a step to climb excavator, lost footing, fell and hit right arm; employee came back to work the next day. (misreported as first aid case, MSHA instructed operator to re-submit 7000-1 for this case).

Flash burns (welding)

Employee felt flash burn under hood during welding; employee came back to work the next work day. (Misreported as first aid case, MSHA instructed operator to re-submit 7000-1 for this case).

2017 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Accidental exposure to grinding wheel resulted in minor lacerations of right arm.