Mining Incidents

Sierra Amarillo Mining Company: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hope Limited Partnership
Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202177

MSHA record for Sierra Amarillo Mining Company (mine ID 0202177). 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
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. Sierra Amarillo Mining Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sierra Amarillo Mining Company sits in Maricopa County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
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.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

October 2, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sierra Amarillo Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING TO HIS ASSIGNED WORK AREA WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL APPROX 4\ AGAINST THE METAL ATORAGE BIN HE WAS WORKING ON. HE BRUISED/SPRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.