USING A BREAKER BAR TO ADJUST THE RIGHT FRONT SLACK ADJUSTER OF A MICHIGAN 475 FRONT-END LOADER, INJURED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT SMALL FINGER. INJURY OCCURED WHEN THE BREAKER BAR SLIPP BAR SLIPPED, PINCHING INJURED\S FINGER BETWEEN THE GREAKER BAR AND A JACK, SUPPORTING THE LOADER.
Sacaton Unit: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Sacaton Unit (mine ID 0200484). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Dec 1983
- Asarco Inc 1950 to present
Sacaton Unit sits in Pinal County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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
8 on file1983 · 8 incidents
INJURED WAS ASCENDING HAUL TRUCK MOUNTING LADDER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND INJURED LANDED ON UPPER BACK RIGHT SIDE
INJURED DESCENDING WATER TRUCK MOUNTING LADDER EITHER SLIPPED FROM OR MISSED THE LAST STEP HES NOT SURE LANDING HARD ON HIS LEFT FOOT AS HE DID SO HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE AND THE KNEE B GAVE OUT CAUSING INJURED TO FALL TO GROUND
WHILE INSTALLING A LEFT BANK EXHAUST MANIFOLD ON A MICHIGAN 475 FRONT END LOADER. THE INJURED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE LEFT LONG FINGER TIP. INJURY OCCURRED WHEN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BEIN G INSTALLED STARTED TO FALL ANDTHE INJURED ATTEMPTED TO CATCH THE FALLING MANIFOLD. AS HE DI SO, HIS LEFT LONGFINGER WAS PINCHED AND LACERATED.
MIXING AND FILLING ANTIFREEZE TANK AT LUBE CENTER,EMPL FOOT SLIPPED ON MUD CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN.
INJURED WHILE WORKING ON LUBE SYSTEM INJECTORS UNDER JACKED UP DRILL STRUCK HIS HEAD ON PART OF THE UNDERSIDE OF TEH DRILL AND JAMMED HIS NECK THE INJURY LATER MANIFESTED ITSELF IN HIS BACK
INJ WAS BEING HOISTED IN MAN CAGE WITH GROVE MOBILE HYDRAULIC TRUCKCRANE INJ WAS 6 TO 8 FT ABOVE GROUND TELESCOPING ACTION OF BOOM PULLED SHEAVE BLOCK INTO BOOM POINT SHEAVE SNAPPING THE HALF INCH HOIST ROPE WHICH CAUSED CVAGE AND INJ TO FALL TO THE GROUND ON UMPACT INJ SUSTAINED FRACTURE OF KNEE CAP AND BOTH BONES IN LWER LEFT LED AND A DISLOCATED LEFT ANKLE
INJ WAS REMOVING SMALL BOX FROM THE MACHINE SHOP WALL LOCKEDR WHEN HE INADVERTANTLY KNOCKED A 4 TO 5 INCH LENGTH OF THICK WALL TUBULAR BRASS STOCK FROM THE LOCKER THE FALLING BRASS STRUCK AND FRACTURED HIS LEFT SMALL TOE