BREAKING ROCKS ON GRIZZLEY WITH DOUBLE JACK LIPPED AND TWISTED ANKLE
Ash Peak Mine: 24 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Ash Peak Mine (mine ID 0202336). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 24
- Years on record
- 1988–1990
- Latest incident
- Jul 1990
- Ash Peak Contracting 1986 to 1987
- Arizona Flux Mines Inc 1987 to present
Ash Peak Mine sits in Greenlee County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 36.0% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
24 on file1990 · 3 incidents
DRILLING WITH JACKHAMMER AND LEG COMING OUT OF HOLE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
DRILLING LIFTERS,STANDING ON BOTTOM OF JACKLEG WHEN LEG KICKED OUT CAUSING EMPL TO FALL ON BACK.
1989 · 10 incidents
DRILLING RAISE ROUND WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BACK AND HIT HIS RIGHT ARM.
HE WAS LIFTING A LADDER INT HE MAN WAY, OVER HIS HEAD AND HE TWISTED SOMETHING IN MID LOWER BACK.
WORKING UG AND ROCK HIT HIS NOSE.
HE WAS LOADING ROCK ON 300' LEVEL AND CUT THUMB ON SHARP ROCK
HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT OF CAGE AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CAGE AND CHUTE.
HE WAS BARRING DOWN WHEN ROCKS CAME DOWN MUCK PILE KNOCKED HIM DOWN ROCKS HIT LEFT AHND.
HE WAS CLIMBING LADDER & GETTING OFF ON STAGING HE TWISTED HIS KNEE
HE WAS WORKING ON GRIZZLY WHEN A ROCK CAME DOWN CHUTE AND HIT HAND.
HE WAS LIFTING A JACKLEG AND PULLED SOMETHING FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA.
WELDING ON BARMAC CRUSHER BEND OVER AND BACK POPPED.
1988 · 11 incidents
HE WAS GETTING ON CAGE AT 300' LEVEL WHEN CAGE LOWRED CATCHING HIM BETWEEN BOARD & CAGE.
LEG KICKED OUT ON JACKLEG & HE CAUGHT HIS RT.HAND BETWEEN MACHINE & THE LEG
DRILLING 300' LEVEL WEST RAISE ROUND,HE WAS PULLING OUT STEEL AND HAD ONE FOOT ON LADDER AND THE OTHER ON LAGGING.THE MACHINE CAME DOWN FAST,HE STEPPED DOWN AND SLIPPED ANDS LANDED STRADLING B OARD ON GROUND HITTING CROTCH AND RIGHT CHEEK BONE.
AT THE 300 FT LEVEL HE WAS DRILLING ON FIRST RAISE SOME ROCKS FELL AND ONE OF THEM BOUNCED HITTING HIM IN THE GROIN AREA
INSPECTING THE BARMAC CRUSHER AND TURNING RODER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
HE WAS AT THE EAST STOPE ON THE 300' LEVEL AND HE WAS BUSTING A BIG BOULDER WITH A DOUBLEJACK AND A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF HITTING HIM ON THE LEFT HAND
HE CAME DOWN OUT OF STOPE SLUSHER WASNT MOVING HE WENT BY THE SLUSHER BUCKET AND THE SLUSHER OPERATOR STARTED SLUGHER AND THE SLUSHER BUCKET HI HIS RIGHT LEG
UNDERGROUND AT THE 300 FT LEVEL HE WAS WORKING ON A RAISE HE WAS DRILLING AND SOME ROCKS FELL ON HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER
HE WAS IN THE SHAMROCK 300 FT LEVEL WAS DRILLING IN A RAISE AND A ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT
HE WAS BREAKING ROCK THAT WAS TOO BIG TO GO THROUGH CRUSHER WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF THE ROCK FLEW BACK HITTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER
HE WAS UNDERGROUND IN THE SHAMROCK SHAFT 300 FT LEVEL AND WAS BUILDING ORE CHUTES HE LIFTED UP TIMBER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE OF CHEST