United Metro Materials Inc · Struck by falling object
FRACTURED RIGHT ARM WHILE CHANGING A ROCK PLATE THE METAL PLATE FELL ON HIS RIGHT ARM FRACTURINGIT
Portable #1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal
United Metro Materials Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc
Maricopa County,
AZ
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201381
Portable #1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1989.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1989
- Latest incident
- Nov 1989
Ownership history
- United Metro Materials Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 |
| 1994 | 3 |
| 1993 | 5 |
| 1992 | 9 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1990 | 11 |
| 1989 | 6 |
| 1988 | 5 |
| 1987 | 6 |
| 1986 | 3 |
| 1985 | 20 |
| 1984 | 10 |
| 1983 | 3 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Portable #1 sits in Maricopa County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.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.