Mining Incidents

Mission, San Xavier, Eisenhower: 2 recorded fatalities Metal/Non-Metal

Asarco Inc · Underground
Sahurita, Pima County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202626

Mission, San Xavier, Eisenhower has $260K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
55
Years on record
1995–2003
Latest incident
Mar 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
122
citations
40
significant & substantial
$260,235
proposed penalties
$104,254
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $155,981 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
2,311
inspection hours
5.3
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.
122 citations across 2,311 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mission, San Xavier, Eisenhower has $260K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$260K
proposed penalties
$104K
current assessed
$104K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
113 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
Of $255K in penalties contested before the Commission, $99K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-03-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
33.9%
significant & substantial
10.2%
high negligence or reckless
33.9%
reasonably likely or greater
68.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.3% low, 74.6% moderate, 10.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
20 citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 35%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 13 · 65%
44%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 16 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
62%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$250K proposed, $95K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2001-09-04.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20000554M Settlement Manning 2004 $220K → $85K
WEST20000555M Withdrawal Manning 2004 $30K → $10K
WEST20010294M Default Barbour 2001 $2K → $2K
WEST20010511M Settlement Manning 2004 $2K → $1K
WEST20010512M Settlement Manning 2003 $579 → $469
WEST20000553M Withdrawal Manning 2004 $334 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2003-03-25, 23 years ago
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon.93 over
  • Total Carbon,TC93 over
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (28)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-03-25 Total Carbon,TC 561.13 400 1.40 Truck Driver
2003-03-25 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 647.23 400 1.62 Truck Driver
2003-03-25 Total Carbon,TC 473.14 400 1.18 Truck Driver
2003-03-25 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 542.2 400 1.36 Truck Driver
2002-12-11 Total Carbon,TC 422.54 400 1.06 Truck Driver
2002-12-11 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 473.61 400 1.18 Truck Driver
2003-03-25 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 300.88 400 0.75 Truck Driver
2003-03-25 Total Carbon,TC 276.47 400 0.69 Truck Driver
2003-03-25 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 203.4 400 0.51 Truck Driver
2003-03-25 Total Carbon,TC 193.71 400 0.48 Truck Driver
2002-12-11 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 345.53 400 0.86 Truck Driver
2002-12-11 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 197.39 400 0.49 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-12-11 Total Carbon,TC 356.43 400 0.89 Truck Driver
2002-12-11 Total Carbon,TC 186.11 400 0.47 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-12-11 Total Carbon,TC 267.87 400 0.67 Truck Driver
2002-12-11 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 284.27 400 0.71 Truck Driver
2002-11-17 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 40.32 400 0.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-11-17 Total Carbon,TC 51.54 400 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 2.69 0.19 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2002-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 2.15 0.32 Miner, Drift
2002-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 2.08 0.34 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 2.12 0.30 Truck Driver
2000-10-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 1.88 0.23 Blaster, Powder Gang
2000-10-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.94 Drill Operator, Rotary
2000-10-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.96 2.26 0.42 Truck Driver
2000-09-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.79 1.7 0.46 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2000-09-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1 2.31 0.43 Truck Driver
2000-09-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 0.76 0.80 Truck Driver
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Mission, San Xavier, Eisenhower recorded 7.26 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.

Injury rate, 2002
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
7.26
total case rate
2.42
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.22 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2002 7.26 2.42 0.000
2001 7.68 3.84 0.000
2000 8.31 4.75 1.188
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Asarco Inc 1994 to 1999
  2. Asarco Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 57
2002 86
2001 81
2000 83
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mission, San Xavier, Eisenhower 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
2003 Q2 13,951 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 38,957 8 2 205.4
2002 Q4 38,845 4 1 103.0
2002 Q3 43,993 4 1 90.9
2002 Q2 43,947 6 0 136.5
2002 Q1 38,562 11 2 285.3
2001 Q4 38,708 4 2 103.3
2001 Q3 36,577 10 2 273.4
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 39,751 5 3 125.8
2001 Q1 41,293 10 0 242.2
2000 Q4 43,225 4 1 92.5
2000 Q3 41,735 32 12 766.7
2000 Q2 43,301 1 1 23.1
2000 Q1 40,119 23 13 573.3

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded
January 31, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

ON JAN. 31, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 PM, A FALL OF GROUND OCCURRED IN THE #215 STOPE AREA THAT CAUSED A FATAL INJURY, INJURY TO OTHER PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXACT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS ARE STILL UNKNOWN AND UNDERGOING INVESTIGATION.

April 10, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal master electrician Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Asarco Inc · Contact with electrical current

AT ABOUT 10:00 AM AN ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR WAS ELECTROCUTED WHILE WORKING ON AN ENERGIZED 300KVA, 4,160/480 VOLT PAD-MOUNTED ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER. TRANSFORMER LOCATED OUTSIDE NEWLY CONSTRUCT ED SURFACE SHOP FOR UNDERGROUND ON 2330 BENCH OFPIT. CONTRACTOR'S EMP FOUND VICTIM LAYING ON GROUND NEXT TO TRANSFORMER. DOORS OF TRANSFORMER COMPARTMENT OPEN, EXPOSING 4160 & 480 VOLT TERMIN

Reportable incidents

53 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2003 · 2 incidents

March 26, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Asarco Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FALL OF GROUND OCCURRED IN THE 207 BYPASS AREAWHICH DAMAGED THE 4160V POWER FEED. INVESTIGATION OF THE AREA INDICATED THAT SAFE TRAVEL THROUGHTHE AREA COULD NO LONGER BE MAINTAINED. THE AREA WAS SEALED AGAINST ENTRY, AND MSHA WAS NOTIFIED.

February 20, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Asarco Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE WHEEL STUDS FROM THE HAUL TRUCK. AS THE HUB ROTATED HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO GROUND LEVEL.

2002 · 6 incidents

December 3, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE MOUNTING THE JUMBO DRILL, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER. -DIAGNOSED ON 12-31-02 AS ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. -LAST WORK DAYS COM MENCED ON 1/2/03.

September 16, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asarco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS INSTALLING A SPLITE-SET BOLT DRIVER ON A JUMBO DRILL-AS HE TIGHTENED THE DRIVER, HIS FINGER BECAME PINCHED.

July 17, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Asarco Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE DISMOUNTING THE PERSONNEL BASKET OF THE 504 POWDER GETMAN, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE BASKET FRAME.

June 7, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Asarco Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BILATERAL STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT HEARING LOSS ON JUNE 7, 2002. THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED, PURSUANT TO 30 CFR, PT 62.75 (B).

May 13, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TIMBER FOR GROUND SUPPORT. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO POSITION A 6' BY 8" BY 12' TIMBER, HE FELT PAIN IN THE MIDDLE BACK.

February 15, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A CAT 980F LOADER. AS HE DESCENDED THE LADDER, HE CAUGHT HIS WEDDING BAND, LACERATING HIS RING FINGER.

2001 · 6 incidents

October 4, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING UP AND MOVING 2-12' STEEL BOOMS, EE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE 2 BOOMS. THE RESULTANT INJURY WAS AN AMPUTATION TO THE TIP OF HIS FINGER. EE FAILED DRUG TEST.

August 10, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal stoper miner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Asarco Inc · Fall from machine

EE JUMPED DOWN FROM THE TAIL DECK OF A GETMAN LIFT TRUCK, A DISTANCE OF 3'. THIS INDIVIDUAL FAILED TO UTILIZE THE PROVIDED MAINTAINED STEPS.

July 28, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asarco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSERTING BEARING INTO THE BEARING BORE WITH A HAMMER AND DRIFT, THE HAMMER HANDLE CONTACTED THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AT THE FIRST JOINT CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE FINGER.

June 24, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE REMOVING BOLTS FROM A DRIVESHAFT, EMPLOYEE FELT A POPPING SENSATION IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, PHYSICAL THERAPY BEGINS ON 7-7-01.

June 13, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal transit man, surveyor/transit worker FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Asarco Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE PREPARING STOPE AREA TO MEASURE ADVANCE DETAIL, THE MAN BASKET EQUIPPED TRUCK WAS STRUCKBY A ROCK. EE WAS WORKING FROM THE ELEVATED BASKET AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, RECEIVING INJURIES DUE TO THE SHAKING OF THE BASKET.

June 5, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE HAND SCALING THE RIGHT RIB AREA OF HIS HEADING, A SMALL ROCK DISLODGED, TRAVELING DOWN THE SCALING BAR, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT HAND AND WRIST. EMPLOEE FAILED TO RELEASE SCALING BAR.

2000 · 7 incidents

December 9, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

EE HAD FINISHED LOADING THE FACE WITH EXPLOSIVES AND WAS PREPARING TO MOVE HIS EQUIPMENT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK, STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER.

November 26, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal stoper miner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asarco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A DRILL STEEL WITH A WRAP-WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED, STRIKING HIM NEAR THE RIGHT EYE.

June 3, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Asarco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS RAISING THE COMPARTMENT LID ON THE #400 SCALES WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TIRE. THE COMPARTMENT LID CAME DOWN AND HIT HIS HARD HAT, DRIVING HIS HARD HAT INTO HIS NOSE.

April 26, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Asarco Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ON 4-26-00 DURING THE NIGHT SHIFT A FALL OF GROUND EVENT OCCURRED IN THE 213 DEVELOPEMENT DRIFT. THE FALL WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT RIB AREA, WITHOUT INVOLVEMENT WITH THE BACK. MSHA NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE.

January 31, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

ON JAN 31, 2000, AT APPROX. 8:00 P.M., A FALL OF GROUND OCCURRED IN THE #215 STOPE AREA THAT CAUSED A FATAL INJURY, INJURY TO OTHER PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXACT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS ARE STILL UNKNOW AND UNDER GOING INVESTIGATION.

January 31, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

ON JAN 31, 2000, AT APPROX. 8:00 P.M., A FALL OF GROUND OCCURRED IN THE #215 STOPE AREA THAT CAUSED A FATAL INJURY, INJURY TO OTHER PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXACT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS ARE STILL UNKNOW AND UNDER GOING INVESTIGATION.

January 4, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOADING A FACE IN 211 AREA, EE HEARD ROCK CRACK AND AS HE TURNED TO LEAVE THE FACE, HIS LEFT KNEE GOT HUNG UP, TWISTING IT.

1999 · 1 incident

August 18, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING THE WELD SHOP AREA. AS HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A RAG, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. NO LOST WORKDAYS.

1998 · 9 incidents

December 30, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asarco Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE DRIVING A SWING CYLINDER PIN WITH A HAMMER, EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT HAND, BY A SHARD OF METAL THAT DETACHED FROM THE PIN.

August 28, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

AFTER THE AREA IN QUESTION HAD BEEN SCALED AND BEEN BOLTED, HE LINED DRILL RIB THAT WAS STICKING OUT APPROX. 2 1/2 X 2 1/2 X 16' HIGH. HE MOVED FORWARD AND HAD THE BASKET DIRECTLY ACROSS AREA WHICH FELL. HE SAID THAT HE GOT UP INTO THE BASKET TO CHECK GROUND AND SAW IT DRIBBLE. AS HE STARTED MOVING AWAY FROM THE RIB, A SLAB HIT THE BASKET AND KNOCKED HIM OUT.

August 21, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS STRUCK WHILE SAMPLING IN THE HARDHAT. EE DID NOT LOSE TIME, BUT IS NOW OBTAINING PHYSICAL THERAPY.

May 17, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE MOVING ROCKS FROM AROUND LIFTERS, ONE ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS GRASP PINCHING HIS FINGER AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK.

March 22, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE HAND MUCKING FOR LIFTER, EE WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK IN THE ARM AND HAND.

March 21, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Asarco Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE SCALING A HEADING THE EE WAS ON A MECHANICAL SCALER, AND A LARGE SECTION OF ROCK CAME OUT AND CAUSED THE SCALER TO BOUNCED. THE EE HIT HIS HAD ON THE PROTECTIVE CANOPY, CAUSING A LACERAT ION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

March 20, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Asarco Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RIDING IN THE BACK OF A TRACTOR, EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF A WRIST INJURY AND LOWER BACK PAIN.

February 11, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING A SIDE GRILL FROM A TORO HAUL TRUCK, HE INJURED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

January 28, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Asarco Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHLE DISMOUNTING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN UNDERGROUND, EE STEPPED ON A ROCK ADN TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

1997 · 7 incidents

December 29, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE LOADING A FACE, THE EE WAS STUCK ON HIS LEFT SIDE THORACIC REGION, TO INCLUDE HIS LEFT LEG BY A ROCK.

November 12, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DISMOUNTING A SERVICE TRACTOR EE STEPPED ON SOME LOSE ROCK, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

May 24, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Asarco Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AT APPROX 8:45 AM A FALL OF GROUND WAS FOUND IN THE #203 STOPE. THE CAUSE OS THIS FALL OF GROUNDWAS FROM BLASTING OF THE #219 STOPE WHICH WAS 160 FT DIRECTLY ABOVE. IT IS NOT FELT TO BE REPORTABLE INCIDENT. HOWEVER, TO AVOID A CITATIOTHIS REPORT IS FILED.

March 30, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Asarco Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING THE SWING PIN ON THE LEFT BOOM BROKE IN TWO & STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT RING FINGER.

March 29, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE LOADING THE FACE A ROCK CAME OUT OF THE BACK & STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE HEAD. EE RECEIVED SUTURES IN THE HEAD. THE AREA HAD BEEN SCALED & AREA CLEANED.

March 22, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE BARRING DOWN ON THE RIB, EE WAS STRUCK BY A LARGE ROCK FROM THE RIB

1996 · 9 incidents

October 3, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE PLACING A BOLT, PLATE AND MAT ON THE BOLTER, THE MAT CAUGHT THE RIB CAUSING THE MAT TO FALL HITTING EE ON THE RIGHT FOREARM. THE LACERATION TO THE FOREARM NEEDED SUTURES.

October 1, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DISMOUNTING THE SCALER TO FUEL, EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

August 7, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING CROSSARM FROM BUCKE TRUCK WHEN IT SLIPPED. EMPLOYEE GRABBED CROSS ARM TOKEEP IT FROM DAMAGING TRUCK AND STRAINED BACK.

August 2, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Asarco Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING UNDER CRANE TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE AND BRUISED KNEE ON SHARP ROCKS.

June 26, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN OUT A PIECE OF DRAINAGE PIPE, EE CUT HIS HAND ON A BURR IMSIDE THE PIPE.

June 7, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A TRUCK WHEN A CHOCKER CABLE SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE JAW.

May 13, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Asarco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE INSTALLING THE BOLT DRIVER, INJURED S FINGER WAS PINCHED AND LACERATED BETWEEN BOLT DRIVER AND CENTRALIZER ON THE BOOM OF THE BOLTER. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

April 27, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator MACHINERY
Asarco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRILLING, A WATER LINE BLEW OFF STRIKING AND CUTTING INJURED'S UPPER LIP. SUTURES WERE TAKEN.

January 15, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Asarco Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE POUNDING OUT CUTTING EDGE BOLTS ON A LOADER BUCKET, EE'S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED FORWARD AND HIS RIGHT KNEE STRUCK THE BUCKET LIP.

1995 · 6 incidents

October 17, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal underground transportation trainee FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE POINTING OUT A BOLT HOLE FOR AN OPERATOR SO THAT THE OPERATOR COULD DRIVE A BOLT INTO IT. A ROCK SMALL FELL OUT OF THE BACK AND STRUCK EE ON THE CHIN.

August 24, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asarco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON A PIECE OF VENTILATION PIPE, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED SOME DISCOMFORT IN HIS LEFT EYE.

August 24, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Asarco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF HANGING POWER CABLE WITHTHE BOLTER, THE BOLTER TIPPED OVER PINNING EE'S LEFT LEG UNDER THE BASKET. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME TILL OCT 9, 1996 WHEN HE WENT IN FOR ART HROSCOPIC SURGERY.

July 15, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asarco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS MIXING GROUT HE LACERATED HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE GROUT BAG CUTTING BLADE. EE RECEIVED SUTURES FOR THE INJURY.

June 25, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF HANGING VENT LINE, ONE OF THE WIRES USED FOR HANGING THE LINE LACERATED EE'S RIGHT THUMB. EE RECEIVED SUTURES FOR THE INJURY.

January 13, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Asarco Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

WHILE HAND MUCKING THE LEFTERS TO START LOADING THE ROUND A ROCK SLID DOWN THE FACE &HIT EE ON THE SIDE OF THE HARD HAT THE FORCE TURNED THE HAT & CUT THE SIDE OF THE HEAD ABOVE THE EAR EE REC EIVED SUTURES