Mining Incidents

Ash Peak: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Phelps Dodge Corp · Underground
Controlled by Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Greenlee County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202033

MSHA record for Ash Peak (mine ID 0202033). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Ownership history
  1. Phelps Dodge Corp 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ash Peak sits in Greenlee County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 36.0% 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.
Greenlee County, Arizona · Population 9,452
36.0%
Mining share of county employment
$75,239
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1984 · 3 incidents

July 24, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HOISTING
Phelps Dodge Corp · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS LANKING SOME TIMBER IN ORDER TO LINE CHUTES IN A 8 POST RAISE. AS HE PREPARED TO STOP THE HOIST USING A BATTERY POWERED SINGNAL, THE SIGNAL MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE EIMBER TO DI SLODGE A 5\ LAGGING ON THE TOP FLOOR. THE LAGGING FELL STRIKING I.NAME ON THE UPPER LEFT SHOULDER RESULTING IN A SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND APPROXIMATELY 3/4" WIDE AND 3/4" DEEP.

June 13, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Phelps Dodge Corp · Struck by flying object

REED WAS HELPING HIS PARTNER COLLAR A DRILL HOLE AND A DRILLING FLEW INTO HIS EYE

April 3, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Phelps Dodge Corp · Fall onto or against objects

I.NAME WAS DRILLING A LOW HOLE IN T HE FACE OF AN OVERHEAD LEAD. AS HE LEANED INTO THE MACHINE THE DRILL STEEL BROKE AT THE SHANK. HE FELL FORWARD & STRUCK THE PORTION OF THE STEEL IN THE FAC E. HE RECEIVED 2 SMALL LACERATIONS ON THE CHEEK & A SLIGHT SCRATCH ON THE EYE.

1983 · 2 incidents

December 20, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Phelps Dodge Corp · Struck against stationary object

GREABER HAD LOADED A JACKLEG INTO THE BED OF A YOUNG BUGGY AND GOT IN HIMSELF. AS THE BUGGY STARTED OUT GREABER HIT HIS HAT ON A JOY FAN AND THE EYESHIELD CUT HIS EYEBROW. THREE SUTURES WERE R EQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

November 21, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Phelps Dodge Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COX WAS MUCKING IN A 14\ HEADING WHEN THE PIGTAIL ON THE PULL IN CABLE BROKE IT CAME THROUGH THE ROLLER RACK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE. THE INJURY BECAME LOST TIME ON 11-/29-83