MINER GOT L HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL STEEL AND CHUCK OF DRILL WHILE PLACING STEEL
Copperstone Mine: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Copperstone Mine (mine ID 0202458). 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
- 1989
- Latest incident
- Mar 1989
- Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp 1988 to present
Copperstone Mine sits in La Paz County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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
5 on file1989 · 5 incidents
CLIENTS EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING OUT A ROCK SAMPLE & VICTIM WAS HOLDING SAMPLE BAG CLIENTS EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF CHIPPER & MASHED VICTIMS FINGER
EMP HELPED LIFT 4 INCH SCHEDULE 40 SEVICE PIPE AND STRIANED R. TESTICLE.
ROCK FELL OFF OF HAUL TRUCK STRIKING AIR VALVE UNDERGROUND CAUSING HOSE TO WHIP AND PUSHED MINER WHERE HIS LEFT FOOT WAS PLACED UNDER THE DESCENDING JACK ON THE ROADHEADER MINING MACHINE.
WALKING DOWN MINE DECLINE AND LOST FOOTING SLIP FELL INJ BACK.