Mining Incidents

Copperstone Mine: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

La Paz County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202458

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
Ownership history
  1. Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Copperstone Mine sits in La Paz County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
La Paz County, Arizona · Population 16,605
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$49,506
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1989 · 5 incidents

March 28, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER GOT L HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL STEEL AND CHUCK OF DRILL WHILE PLACING STEEL

March 14, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLIENTS EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING OUT A ROCK SAMPLE & VICTIM WAS HOLDING SAMPLE BAG CLIENTS EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF CHIPPER & MASHED VICTIMS FINGER

February 10, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP HELPED LIFT 4 INCH SCHEDULE 40 SEVICE PIPE AND STRIANED R. TESTICLE.

February 6, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

January 31, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Copperstone Gold Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALKING DOWN MINE DECLINE AND LOST FOOTING SLIP FELL INJ BACK.