Mining Incidents

Rita Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Sunward Materials · Surface
Controlled by Cemex S A
Pima County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202281

MSHA record for Rita Pit (mine ID 0202281). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Blue Circle West 1985 to 1989
  2. B C W Inc 1989 to 1990
  3. Sunward Materials 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rita Pit 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.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.