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Ajax Sand & Rock: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202163

MSHA record for Ajax Sand & Rock (mine ID 0202163). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. Ajax Contracting Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ajax Sand & Rock sits in Maricopa County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Maricopa County, Arizona · Population 4,491,987
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$85,518
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

October 31, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ajax Contracting Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUNCHING AHOLE IN A PIEC OF BELTING RUBBER ON A R/R TIE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF T HE PLANT THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF OF THE RUBBER PUNCH & HIT HIS LEFT HAND.