Mining Incidents

Corval Mill: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Arizona Silver Corp
Mohave County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201913

MSHA record for Corval Mill (mine ID 0201913). 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
1984–1985
Latest incident
Jan 1985
Ownership history
  1. Boriana Mining Corp 1979 to 1980
  2. Mindy Inc 1980 to 1984
  3. Corval Development Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Corval Mill sits in Mohave 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.
Mohave County, Arizona · Population 217,420
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,799
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

1985 · 1 incident

January 8, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Corval Development Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WEARING RUBBER BOOTS AND SLIPPED ON METAL LADDER TO OPERATORS PLATFORM WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF HE PULLED HIS SHOULDER AND RECEIVED A SPRAIN INJURY

1984 · 1 incident

December 29, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Corval Development Inc · Struck by powered moving object

THE INJURED WAS MOVING A BEAM USING THE BACKHOE BUCKET THE OPERATOR OF TEH BACKHOE MOVED THE BACKHOE BUCKET TOO RAPIDLY AND THE BUCKET STRUCK THE INJU IN THE CHEST AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND THE INJURED SAID HE WAS ALL RIGHT BUT WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO BE CHECKED AFTER HE WENT HOME HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN RIBS