Mining Incidents

Twin Buttes-#1 Adit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Anamax Mining Company · Underground
Pima County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201565

MSHA record for Twin Buttes-#1 Adit (mine ID 0201565). 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
1985
Latest incident
Oct 1985
Ownership history
  1. Cementation Company Of America Inc 1950 to 1981
  2. Anamax Mining Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Twin Buttes-#1 Adit 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 fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

October 17, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Anamax Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OFF BOLTS WITH TORCH

October 16, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anamax Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS CUTING BOLTS OFF WOODEN BEAMS THAT HOLD TABLES UP THE GROUND WAS SLIPPERY EMP SLIPPED AND THE TABLE BEAM FELL ON H IS LEG EMP PASSED OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN CRAWLED TO TRUCK AND DRO DROVE TO EXIT GATE ANOTHER EMP TOKK HIM TO THE DOCTOR