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INDIAN TOWN QUARRY: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Catalina Marble Inc · Surface
Controlled by Kevin L Hall
Tucson, Pima County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201488

MSHA record for INDIAN TOWN QUARRY (mine ID 0201488). 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
1998
Latest incident
Feb 1998
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
16
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 16 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Catalina Marble Inc 1950 to 1996
  2. Catalina Marble Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 0
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

INDIAN TOWN QUARRY sits in Pima County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Pima County, Arizona · Population 1,049,947
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$67,929
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
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

February 26, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Catalina Marble Inc · Struck by flying object

RECENT HEAVY RAINS ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER THE EQUIPMENTS DIESEL ENGINE THROUGH ITS EXHAUST SYSTEM. THIS WATER CAUSED A HYDRAULIC LOCKUP OF THE ENGINE AS IT WAS PERCHED UPON ONE OR MORE CYLINDE R PISTONS. THE FUEL INJECTOR UNITS WERE REMOVED TO ALLOW THE WATER TO BE PUMPED OUT OF THE CYLINDERS BY TURNING THE ENGINE WITH ITS ELECTRIC STARTER. VICTIM WAS SITTING ON THE MACHINES HYDRAU