Mining Incidents

Jomax Granite: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Jomax · Surface
Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202602

MSHA record for Jomax Granite (mine ID 0202602). 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
1993
Latest incident
Nov 1993
Ownership history
  1. Jomax 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Jomax Granite sits in Maricopa County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Maricopa County, Arizona · Population 4,491,987
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$85,518
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1993 · 1 incident

November 9, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Jomax · Accident type, without injuries

OFFICE WAS CLOSED AND LOCKED UP AT END OF SHIFT @ 3PM, NOV.9,93. PASSERS BY NOTIFIED 9-1-91 EMERG. THAT FIRE WAS BURNING AT APPROX. 9:26PM FIRE DEPT WAS ON SCENE @ 9:37 PM, PUT OUT FIRE & TRIE D TO CONTACT OWNER BUT DID NOT REACH HIM. EMPLOYEES ARRIVED FOR WORK ON 10TH OF NOV. @6PM.-CONTACTED OWNER. CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN. THOUGHT TO BE VANDALS.