Mining Incidents

Tiger Open Pit Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Pima County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201881

MSHA record for Tiger Open Pit Mine (mine ID 0201881). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Gordon Wainwright-Contractor 1978 to 1979
  2. Joy Manufacturing Company 1979 to 1980
  3. Magma Copper Company 1980 to 1985
  4. A J Gilbert Construction Company 1985 to 1987
  5. Mc Farland & Hullinger 1987 to 1989
  6. Magma Copper Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tiger Open Pit Mine sits in Pima County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Pima County, Arizona · Population 1,049,947
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$67,929
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.