Mining Incidents

Oracle Ridge Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wedgetail Holdings LLC
Summerhaven, Pima County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0200840

Oracle Ridge Mine has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
36
Years on record
1991–2013
Latest incident
Sep 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
26
citations
6
significant & substantial
$11,687
proposed penalties
$11,687
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
29
inspections on record
720
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: 720 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Oracle Ridge Mine has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-04-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2024 Q3 2,480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,110 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,896 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,504 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,760 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,784 2 1 1121.1
2023 Q1 4,356 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,141 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3 3,141 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 880 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 968 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 476 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 652 5 4 7668.7
2014 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 249 1 0 4016.1
2014 Q2 2,775 1 0 360.4
2014 Q1 4,911 1 0 203.6
2013 Q4 5,961 1 0 167.8
2013 Q3 7,534 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,749 9 0 1895.1
2013 Q1 4,817 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,024 6 1 854.2
2012 Q3 9,491 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 24, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DRY STRAIGHT 8% GRADE WITH SIDE TURN JUST AHEAD. OPERATOR APPEAR ENTRY FELL OUT OF CAB AND BECAME PINNED BETWEEN RIB AND TRUCK AND THEN RUN OVER BY REAR WHEEL.

Reportable incidents

35 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2013 · 1 incident

September 27, 2013 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oracle Ridge Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee torquing water swivel, backup pipe wrench slipped and swung up striking him in the mouth.

1995 · 8 incidents

September 1, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS RE-POSITIONING JACKLEG DRILL WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL WITH THE DRILL WHEN THE DRILL FELL OVER IT CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DRILL & THE RIB

August 29, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINER WAS PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF HOLE WHEN THE CHUCK TENDER SLIPPED AND RELEASED THE STEEL. THE JACKLEG THEN FOLDED DOWN ON THE MINER'S HAND CATCHING THE HAND IN THE PINCH POINT.

July 7, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINER WAS TRANSFERING 50 POUND BAGS OF PRILL FROM EXPLOSIVE CARRIER TO UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE AND TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING BACK STRAIN/SPRAIN.

February 28, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPLACING LIFT CYLINDER ON LHD WHEN THE CYLINDER SLIPPE AND PINCHED HAND.

February 18, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object

MINER WAS DRILLING A FACE ROUND WHEN A BASEBALL SIZE ROCK CAME OUT OF THE BACK & [HIT] HIS HAND THAT WAS CONTROLLING THE JACKLEG DRILL. THIS RESULTED IN A ABROKEN THUMB WHERE THE THUMB WAS RES TING ON TOP OF THE DRILL.

January 3, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object

WHILE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A 8'-0" SPLIT SET BOLT WITH A JACK LEG DRILL A SMALL BASEBALL SIZE ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK STRIKING THE INJURED ON THE RIGHT CHEEK BONE AREA OF THE FACE.

1994 · 9 incidents

December 28, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object

INJURED EE WAS COLLARING A HOLE USING A 6 FT DRILL STEEL AND A GARDNER DENVER JACK LEG DRILL. AS THE HOLE WAS COLLARED A ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK AND ROLLED INTO THE INJURED'S LOWER LEFT LEG FR ACTURING /CHIPPING A BONE IN HIS LEFT ANKLE.

December 2, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO LOAD BACK HOLES WHEN A SLAB OF ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD & RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A LACERATION ON THE SCALP ABOVE THE RIGHT EAR REQU IRING 5 STITCHES. DISLOATED RIGHT SHOULDER & SEVERAL SMALL ABRASIONS ON RIGHT ARM.

November 26, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROCKBOLTS WITH A JACKLEG DRILL AND SHORT STYLE SPLIT SET DRIVER. INJURED MOMENTARILY TURNED AWAY FROM MACHINE CAUSIGN DRILL TO FALL. WHEN INJURED TURNED BACK TOWARD THE MACHINE, THE SPLIT SET DRIVER STRUCK HIM ON THE MOUTH.

September 19, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROLL BACK CYLINDER PIN ON A LHD BROKE STRIKING THE OPERATOR ON THE ARM.

August 28, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINER WAS TAKING AN ORE SAMPLE FROM A PARKED HAUL TRUCK WHEN A ROCK SHIFTED AND ROLLED DOWN ON HIS FINGER.

July 31, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GETTING OFF A BACKHOE THE PERSON BRASED HIMSEL FON A HYDRAULIC OIL COOLER THAT WAS MOUNTED ON THE REAR FENDER. THERE WAS A SMALL GAP IN THE GUARD IN FRONT OF TH ECOOLING FAN IN WHICH HE STUCK HIS FINGER THAT WAS HIT BY THE FAN.

May 17, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object

MINER WAS IN THE WORKING PLATFORM LOADING LONGHOLE UP HOLES WHEN A ROCK WAS JARRED LOOSE WITH THE PRILL HOSE STRIKING THE MINERS THUMB THAT WAS ON THE SAFETY RAILING.

1993 · 6 incidents

November 27, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINER WAS DRILLING A FACE ROUND WHEN THE JACKLEG MACHINE KICKED UP & CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE MACHINE & LEG.

July 14, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object

THE MINER WAS DRILLING A RISE ROUND WHEN THE BACK BECAME LOOSENED UP ENOUGH FOR ROCK TO FALL OUT STRIKING THE MINER ON THE LEFT FOREARM.

July 9, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MINER WAS STARTING TO DRILL A FACE ROUND WHEN HIS 3RD INDEX FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE MACHING AND THE SADDLE.

April 29, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OUT OF BACK STRIKING MINER. THE WORKING AREA HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY BARRED DOWN.

March 29, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Contact with hot objects or substances

EJECTOR HOSE FITTING ON JCQ250 LHD LOADER B ROKE AND SQUIRTED HOT HYDROLIC FLUID ON OPERATOR.

1992 · 7 incidents

November 25, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE MOVING OIL BARREL, STRAINED BACK.

July 15, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS CHANGING BIT ON JUMBO WHEN ROTATING STEEL CAUGHT RAG IN HAND AND TORE RIGHT THUMB.

May 5, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING BACK WHEN A FOUR FOOT DRIVER FELL OUT OF BACK AND HIT HIM BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES KNOCKING HIM DOWN.

April 30, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BIT BY RATTLESNAKE ON R LEG

April 15, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING DRILL HEAD ON MACHINE IN SHOP USING THE MOBILE OVERHEAD CRANE IN SHOP CONTROL ROPES THAT CENTER CRANE STUCK & TURNED A FRAME OF CRANE OVER & IN TURN STRUCK EMPLOYEES LEF T HAND WHILE FALLING

1991 · 4 incidents

September 29, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LOAD A ROUND AUSING AN ANFO POT WHEN THE HOSE BLEW OFF OF THE FITTING AND SPRAYED HIS HANDS WITH ANFO.

June 19, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object

EE WAS BARRING DOWN IN THE DRIFT AFTER A BLAST, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME OFF OF THE RIB NEXT TO WHERE HE WAS STANDING STRIKING HIM 9IN THE LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE.

February 19, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE DRIVING A JC1-250 SCOOP TRAM THE EMPLOYEE PULLED AN OVERHEAD ROPE TO OPEN THE AIRDOORS.HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROPE AND THE ROPS CANOPY AND CUT HIS THUMB.

January 10, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS TAKING AN AIR HEADER OFF OF THAT WAS CHARGED WITH AIR PRESSURE. THE PERSON DID NOT CHECK TO MAKE SURE AIR WAS OFF BEFORE TAKING THE HEADER OFF OF PIPE.

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