Mining Incidents

UNITED METRO MATERIALS INC., WET: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc
Pima County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0200708

MSHA record for UNITED METRO MATERIALS INC., WET (mine ID 0200708). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1995–1999
Latest incident
Jul 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
11
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: 11 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. United Metro Materials Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 3
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

UNITED METRO MATERIALS INC., WET 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.
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
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 829 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,395 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,910 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,626 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,870 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,067 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,979 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1999 · 1 incident

July 28, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
United Metro Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE BEGAN COMPLAINING OF PAIN & NUMBNESS IN MUSCLES OF HAND & ARMS, LUMPS OF MUSCLE IN PALMS & LACK OF SLEEP DUE TO PAIN DURING MID JULY TIME FRAME. ON 7/28/99 HE WAS SENT HOME TO SEE DR BECASU E HE COULD NOT SAFELY PERFORM HIS JOB DUTIES

1998 · 1 incident

August 14, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator POWERED HAULAGE
United Metro Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A SCRAPER FROM THE MUCK W/CABLES ATTACHED TO LOADER. CABLE WAS TAUGHT & SNAPPED BACK & HIT EE IN STOMACH. CAUSING INTERNAL INJURY.

1995 · 1 incident