Mining Incidents

Upper Weaver Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

La Paz Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Hemrichs E Grover
Yavapai County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202329

MSHA record for Upper Weaver Mine (mine ID 0202329). 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
1987
Latest incident
Apr 1987
Ownership history
  1. La Paz Mining Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Upper Weaver Mine 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

3 on file

1987 · 3 incidents

April 30, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
La Paz Mining Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED & FELL 4HILE DISMOUNTING FROM LOADER.

April 28, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
La Paz Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

HARD WIND WHIPP9D UP DIRT.

January 29, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
La Paz Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

A PIECE OF FLYI3G STEEL ENTERED THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND AS THE RESULT OF STRIKING A CHISEL WITYH A HAMMER