Mining Incidents

CARRIZO PIT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Apache County-Az
Chinle, Apache County, AZ  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0203512

MSHA record for CARRIZO PIT (mine ID 0203512). 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
2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Ownership history
  1. Apache County Engineering 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CARRIZO PIT sits in Apache County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Apache County, Arizona · Population 65,680
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$40,338
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

November 17, 2025 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Apache County Engineering · Struck by falling object

EE was cleaning debris under the bottom conveyor of crusher, when EE step out away from crusher and watching rollers the step fell down towards head. Leaning down hardhat fell off. 2nd staff assisted the staff that was hit by step, secured the wound area with gauze as it was bleeding. 2nd staff got EE to a unit and rushed to ER for treatment. 15 min from pit to ER.