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Wash Plant #2: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202394

Wash Plant #2 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Pioneer Sand Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1993 11
1992 11
1991 4
1990 4
1989 2
1988 6
1987 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Wash Plant #2 sits in Maricopa County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Maricopa County, Arizona · Population 4,491,987
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$85,518
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

1988 · 2 incidents

June 3, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pioneer Sand Company · Struck against a moving object

SUSPENSION ON SEAT OF LOADER WAS BROKEN AND WOULD BOTTOM OUT DURING OPERATION- CONTINUOUS OPERATION CAUSED BRUISED BACK.

May 22, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pioneer Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

CLEARING ROCK STUCK IN GRIZZLY WITH SLEDGE HAMMER ON SOWN SWING HEAD CAME LOSE FROM SHAFT CAUSING A STRIKING OF HAND ON GRIZZLY.