Drowning
Operator error. Failed to set crane up in digging mode. Employee did not set the travel locks prior to digging.
Buckeye PlantMetal/Nonmetal
Salt River Sand & Rock · Surface
Controlled by Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Buckeye, Maricopa County, AZ · Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 0202320
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2001–2020
- Latest incident
- Jun 2020
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
5 on file (excluding fatalities above)2006 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
Assisting in the installation of a genset and bumped his finger.
2005 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
While adjusting the cone and wiping the number face of shim #4, the shim had a sharp sliver which went through his glove and cut his right index finger. At the time this employee did not feel he needed medical attention. On 10/05/05 he requested medical attention for this injury.
2004 · 2 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
A ROCK APPROXIMATELY 12' FELL OUT OF THE SCREEN AND HIT THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.
Struck by flying object
HE WAS ASSISTING IN A LINER CHANGE AND WHILE REMOVING BOLTS HIS CO-WORKER WAS USING AN IMPACT GUN TO REMOVE THE BOLTS, SUDDENLY A NUT FLEW TOWARD HIM STRIKING HIN IN THE MOUTH.
2001 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
AS HE WAS PULLING THE SCREEN BELT HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK.