TOP LANDER WAS REMOVING A CARDBOARD BOX OF PLASTIC 6 INCH PLUGS FROM BACK OF PICK UP WHEN TAILGATE FELL STRIKING EE IN RIBS BRUISE AND PULLED MUSCLE REQUIRED PHYSICAL THERAPY.
Pigeon: 15 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Pigeon (mine ID 0202084). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1983–1990
- Latest incident
- Mar 1990
- Energy Fuels Nuclear Inc 1982 to present
Pigeon sits in Coconino County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
15 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 4 incidents
EE WAS REMOVING THE ARMS OF A 54 INCH SLUSHER BUCKET. THE BUCKET TIPPED BACK AND HE LOST HIS HOLD OF THE LEFT ARM. IT DROPPED ON THE ARCH OF HIS LEFT FOOT X RAYS FOR FRACTURE WERE NEGATIVE. BR UISED PAIN PILLS PRESCRIBED EE RETURNED TO WORK FOLLOWING DAY.
MINER WAS ASSISTING FOREAMN IN DRILLING. JACKLEG GOT AWAY AND BUMPED MINER AN SHOULDER. HE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR, BUT A PHYISICIAN'S ASSISTANT GAVE HIM A PRESCIPTION FOR A PULLED MUSCLE.
MINER SLIPPED WHILE BREAKING ROCKS ON GRIZZLY. HE PULLED A MUSCLE, BUT RETURNED TO WORK. THREE DAY LATER HE DECIDED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR VERIFIFED HE PULLED A MUSCLE.
HIT IN UPPER NECK BACK OF HEAD BY FLY ROCK CUT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.
1988 · 1 incident
SKIP TENDER WAS CUTTING CABLE IN SLUSHER TRENCH USING A DOUBLE JACK & CABLE CUTTER A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW UP WHEN HE STRUCK THE CABLE CUTTER HE RECEIVED 2 CHIPPED T EETH ONE ON TOP & ONE ON BO TTOM
1986 · 2 incidents
MAN WAS BUILDIN1 BULKHEAD & HIT FINGER WITH HAME%*<< HAMMER.
WHILE CHANGING 2UT JACK LEGS ON A DRILL A SMALL ROCK CAME FROM RIB OR BACK & HIT EE ON BACK OF LEFT HAND.
1985 · 3 incidents
MAN WAS LIFTING3JACK LEG FROM DOWN HOLE AND THROUGH SUD OUT OF JOINT.
MAN WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A LOADER FOOT SLIPPED \ HE FELL HITTING KNEE-LEFT-ON FLOOR OF STOPE. HE DID NOT REPORT TO DR UNTIL 9-27-85 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST & WAS OPERATE ON 10-4-85.
MAN BOLTING USING HAMMER.WHILE TRYING TO START BOLTING,HAMMER SLIPPED SMASHED AND BROKE HIS FINGER.
1984 · 3 incidents
WHILE CONNECTING PIPE TO DRILL STEM, PIPE KICKED BACK AND KNOCKED I NAME DOWN.
MAN WAS PULLING DRILL FROM HOLE & STRAINED BACK
MAN WAS ASSISTING IN UNLOADING MATERIAL FROM CAGE AT COLLAR, WAS HIT IN HEAD BY FALLING PIPE
1983 · 1 incident
MAN WAS USING A PRY BAR TO ASSIST THE WORK DECK THROUGH A TIGHT SPOT. BAR SLIPPED & HIT THE MAN IN FOREHEAD.