Mining Incidents

Magma Copper Company: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Ashton Company Inc · Surface
Pima County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202459

MSHA record for Magma Copper Company (mine ID 0202459). 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
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. Ashton Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Magma Copper Company 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

September 26, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ashton Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE COMPALINED OF LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A PIECE OF TIMBER TO BE USED FOR CRIBBING.