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Apache Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Housley Donald
Pinal County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202185

MSHA record for Apache Mine (mine ID 0202185). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. Apache Mining & Development Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Apache Mine sits in Pinal County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Pinal County, Arizona · Population 449,219
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$77,588
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1984 · 3 incidents

March 21, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apache Mining & Development Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS FEEDING MUCK INTO WEIGH BIN MUCK WAS WET AND WOULD NOT FLOW THROUGH HE WAS USING A BAR TO HELP FEED ROCK THROUGH BIN. HE STEPPED ONTO ORE TO GET BETTER LEVERAGE ORE GAVE WAS UNDE GAVE WAY UNDER HIM HIS FOOT WENT THROUGH ORE AND HIT CONVEYOR BELT.

March 15, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apache Mining & Development Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE HAD LOAD OF MUCK ON DUMP TRUCK. MUCK WAS WET SO EE WAS CLEANING MUCK OUT OF BED OF TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL. HE TWISTED TO TRY & STOP HIS FALL, PULLED LEG MUSCLE, FELL ACROSS SIDE OF TRUCK & BROKE LEFT ARM.

March 8, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor OTHER
Apache Mining & Development Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHECKING CONCENTRATION TABLES, TURNED TO LOOK AT BUCKET CONVEYOR TWISTED KNEE WHEN HE TURNED AROUND. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED-INJURY OCCURRED BY THE WAY EE TWISATED HIS BODY WHEN HE T URNED AROUND.