Mining Incidents

SANDERS PIT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Bell Enterprises · Surface
Controlled by Gary Churchill Bell
Yavapai, Yavapai County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202322

MSHA record for SANDERS PIT (mine ID 0202322). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
2
inspections on record
9
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 9 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Bell Enterprises 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 1
2002 2
2001 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SANDERS PIT sits in Yavapai County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Yavapai County, Arizona · Population 241,656
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,106
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 336 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 241 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 384 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 339 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 337 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 259 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 270 0 0 0.0
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

June 21, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bell Enterprises · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS ADJUSTING A BELT WHEN THE WRAPPING CAME LOOSE FROM THE PULLEY AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB. THE THUMB WAS CUT AND DID REQUIRE STITCHES.