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Star Placer: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Star Placer Corp · Surface
Yavapai County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202436

MSHA record for Star Placer (mine ID 0202436). 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
1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Star Placer Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Star Placer 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

February 22, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Star Placer Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS HAND CRANKING AND CHOCKING WATER PUMP ENGINGE. WHEN ENGINE STARTS THE HAND CRANK SHOULD RELEASE, BUT IT DID NOT AND CONTIOUED TO TURN AROUND WRENCHING MY ARM AND SHOULDER.

February 13, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Star Placer Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CREW WAS FREEING FROZEN ENGINE BY SOAKING CYCLINDERS WITH DIESEL FUEL.ENGINE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE KCKED OVER.INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING 4'FROM ENGINE AND DIDN'T SEE MAN KICK OVER ENGINE-A BLAST OF FUEL HIT HIM IN THE FACE AND EYES.