Mining Incidents

Plant 6: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc
Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201035

MSHA record for Plant 6 (mine ID 0201035). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990–1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
Ownership history
  1. United Metro Materials Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Plant 6 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

4 on file

1993 · 1 incident

June 29, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United Metro Materials Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF A 980C LOADER, EMPLOYEE MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS LEFT WRIST, ELBOW, AND BACK.

1992 · 1 incident

May 1, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Metro Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

HIT END OF TOOTH WITH HAMMER PC OF TOOTH BROKE OFF PC OF METAL HIT IN R MIDDLE FINGER

1990 · 2 incidents

May 23, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Metro Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAMMERING END TIP ONTO A LOADER BUCKET FOREIGN OBJECT METAL CAME UP AND WENT UNDER FACE SHIELD CUTTING SHIELD CUTTING SKIN BELOW L CHIN 3 STITCHES

February 9, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Metro Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE MAKING THE OPENING BIGGER ON A BOX OF WELDING ROD ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WALKED AROUND THE CORNER INTO THE WELDING SHOP & STARTLED HIM HE FLINCHED CUTTING HIS RT INDEX FINGER ON THE SHARP EDGE OF THE ROD BOX