Mining Incidents

Brick Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Ord Silver Mines Inc · Underground
Santa Cruz County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201575

MSHA record for Brick Mine (mine ID 0201575). 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
1983
Latest incident
Feb 1983
Ownership history
  1. Ord Silver Mines Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Brick Mine sits in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Santa Cruz County, Arizona · Population 48,209
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$53,614
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

1983 · 1 incident

February 21, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Ord Silver Mines Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE MOVING LEFT FRONT WHEEL OFF OF 912 LOADER, 2 STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK CAUSING ME TO LOSE MY BALANCE. THE WHEEL FELL ON MY LEFT ANKLE.