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Magma Copper Company operator

Controlled by Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd

MSHA operator ID: L09311

Fatalities: 7
Total incidents: 1785
Mines on record: 9
Years on record: 1987–1996

Top causes

FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 5 fatalities · 6 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 64 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 294 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 166 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 162 non-fatal
MACHINERY 137 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1996

25

1995

194

1994

222

1993

172 (6f)

1992

168

1991

170

1990

49

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

7 recorded

December 14, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal chute blaster, rockman, hang-up man, raise blaster Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Magma Copper Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRAWN INTO THE MUCK FLOW OF A TRANSFER RAISE ENTRAPPED FROM THE WAIST DOWN THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES

November 19, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Magma Copper Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RERAILING A 20-TON ASEA CAR WHEN HE GOT PINNED BETWEEN THE ORE CAR & THE RIB THE ORE CAR WAS BEING PULLED THROUGH A RE-RAILER THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES TO EMPLOYEE

August 10, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Magma Copper Company · Struck by falling object

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August 10, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Magma Copper Company · Struck by falling object

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August 10, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Magma Copper Company · Struck by falling object

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August 10, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Magma Copper Company · Struck by falling object

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