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Huachuca Pit: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Allen Toby & Bruce Greer
Cochise County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201719

MSHA record for Huachuca Pit (mine ID 0201719). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Dec 1988
Ownership history
  1. Maddux & Son'S Inc 1950 to 1983
  2. Huachuca Materials & Concrete Company Inc 1983 to 1984
  3. G & A Sand & Gravel Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Huachuca Pit sits in Cochise 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.
Cochise County, Arizona · Population 125,458
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,970
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

December 8, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

WAS LOADING TRUCKS WITH LOADER SNOW AND ICE ON METAL DECK AND LADDER SHUT DOWN LOADER STARTED TO DISMOUNT AND SLIPPED ON ICE ON LADDER LOST FOOTING AND FELL ON GROUND

April 20, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CLEANING METAL WITH GRINDER. GRINDER HIT A PIECE OF METAL , KICKED BACK, LOST CONTROL WITH ONE HAND. GRINDER HIT HIM IN FACE AND NECK. CAUSED NECK ABRASION, CUT THROUGH LIP TO NOSE.

1987 · 1 incident

April 25, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME REMOVING3INSULATION FROM WIRE WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT PALM.

1986 · 3 incidents

December 15, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

OVEREXERTION WH3LE LIFTING CONVEYOR CHUTE INTO PLACE

July 17, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

I,NAME WAS RUNN3NG OPERATOR LOADER WHEN IT JARRED HIM BACK INTO THE SEAT INJURING HIS MIDDLE AND UPPER BACK.

January 3, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADER HIT A DI1 IN THE ROAD SEAT BOTTOMED OUT AND THE OPERATOR I.NAME JARRED HIS BACK