Mining Incidents

Sand & Gravel Operations: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Cochise County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201746

MSHA record for Sand & Gravel Operations (mine ID 0201746). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1991–1993
Latest incident
Jul 1993
Ownership history
  1. Sierra Ready Mix & Materials 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sand & Gravel Operations sits in Cochise County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Cochise County, Arizona · Population 125,458
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,970
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1993 · 1 incident

1991 · 1 incident

April 18, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Ready Mix & Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING PEA GRAVEL BIN ON CONCRETE BATCH PLANT WHILE BENT OVER TO BRING UP A PIECE OF HOSE AN OWL WHO HAD NEST WITH CHICKS IN THE ADIACENT SAND BIN ATTACKED EMPLOYEE EE SUFFERED NUMBER OUS SUPER FICIAL PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON HIS BACK.