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Canyon Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Denison Mines (USA) Corp · Underground
Controlled by Energy Fuels Inc
Coconino County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202346

MSHA record for Canyon Mine (mine ID 0202346). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Energy Fuels Nuclear Inc 1986 to 2009
  2. Denison Mines (USA) Corp 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Canyon Mine sits in Coconino 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.
Coconino County, Arizona · Population 144,643
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$69,748
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

July 8, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Fuels Nuclear Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING EMPL PULLED A MUSCLE AND PINCHED NERVE IN R ARM ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 7/24/89 WHEN EMPL SAW A DR AND RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE NAGGING IRRITATION

June 20, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Fuels Nuclear Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE LIFTING PIECE OF METAL EE BUMPED ELBOW ON METAL TABLE LEG. HE WENT TO THE DR 6 DAYS LATER AND RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION.