OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA STATE MINE INSPECTOR DOUGLAS K. MARTIN
EIGHTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT for the
CALENDAR YEAR 2000
2000 Annual Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Annual Message from Douglas K. Martin..................................................................................3
Mine Safety Enforcement............................................................................................................5
List of Operating Mines...............................................................................................................6
Reportable (Lost Time) Accidents............................................................................................24
Fatal Accidents..........................................................................................................................26
Serious Accidents......................................................................................................................26
Education and Training..............................................................................................................27
Abandoned Mines Remediation and Inventory.......................................................................28
Mined Land Reclamation.........................................................................................................29
2000 Annual Report
ANNUAL MESSAGE FROM DOUGLAS K. MARTIN ARIZONA STATE MINE INSPECTOR Our Agency Mission is to administer and enforce the Mining Code of the State of Arizona for the protection of life, health and safety of the mine employees and the public in Arizona’s active, inactive, and abandoned mines. The State Mine Inspector is a state-wide elected constitutional officer and the director of the Office of the State Mine Inspector. The Office was established by the Constitution of the State of Arizona, Article XIX. This agency enforces statutes, rules, and regulations applicable to mine safety, health, abandoned mines, and land reclamation under ARS Title 27 Minerals, Oil and Gas and Arizona Administrative Code Title 11 - Mining. The agency inspects the health and safety conditions and practices at active mining operations; investigates mine accidents, employee and public complaints; and conducts federally certified miner and instructor safety training. The agency administers $110 million in reclamation assurance bonds and enforces the Mined Land Reclamation laws, rules and regulations for the restoration of disturbed lands to a safe and stable environmental condition. The agency promotes public safety regarding abandoned mines by “Stay Out Stay Alive” promotions, presentations and publications; complaint investigations; mine owner compliance notifications (ARS 27-318); identification, hazard assessment, prioritization, posting and securing of safety hazards. Four interagency programs exist to accomplish our mission. The Mine Safety Enforcement Program performs frequent health and safety inspections at active mines and related facilities; conducts investigations of mine accidents, employee and citizen complaints; and provides certification classes in mine rescue and first aid. The program issues notices of violations, cessation orders, mine elevator operating permits and underground diesel equipment operating permits as tools to promote safe and healthful work conditions. Operations under this program’s jurisdiction include asphalt hot plants, concrete batch plants, aggregate pits, quarries and processing plants; underground and open pit mines, mills, SX-EW Plants, smelters, refineries, and rod plants. Jurisdiction also covers contractor employees working at mine sites. Additionally, Deputy Mine Inspectors perform complaint investigations and land owner compliance inspections (ARS 27-318) at abandoned mines to support the Abandoned Mines Remediation and Inventory Program.
The Abandoned Mines Remediation and Inventory Program’s efforts fall into two categories; the inventory of abandoned mine sites and the administration of the securing, remediation, and closure of abandoned mines. Field surveys locate mines within the 72,931,840 acres that comprise the State of Arizona. This survey records the exact location of abandoned mines using a global positioning satellite system. The inventory’s objective is to produce an accurate count of abandoned mines, and describe the significant safety hazards and potential environmental hazards occurring with them. The database of surveyed abandoned mines is used for prioritization of significant public and environmental hazards for remediation and reclamation planning. The inventory also allows the agency to accurately investigate public concerns and complaints, about abandoned mines in a timely manner. An abandoned mine may be used for criminal activities, such as a cache for stolen explosives or a body disposal site. The program assists law enforcement investigations and body recoveries. The administration of securing abandoned
2000 Annual Report mines first prioritizes sites listed in the inventory based on the severity of the threat posed to public and environmental safety. Through this prioritization, structures are designed as necessary for abandoned mine closures on state lands. The cost of field construction to secure these mines is provided by the Abandoned Mine Safety Fund through mining industry donations, private citizen donations, and a matching appropriation from the legislature. Regular monitoring is conducted to assure mine closures remain in good condition. The program coordinates identifying and securing abandoned mines with local, state, and federal agencies and other states and volunteers. Groups include the Yuma County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Group, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Mountain Search and Rescue Group, Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources, Maricopa County Parks, Arizona State Land Department, Arizona Game and Fish, Arizona State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration, Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Western Governors Association, and the National Association of Abandoned Mined Land Programs, which is comprised of 27 states and three Indian Tribes.
The Education and Training Program certifies mine safety instructors, develops lesson plans, conducts classes, and organizes safety conferences for mine safety education and training. The emphasis is placed on miner’s rights and current health and safety regulations in compliance with the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Title 30 CFR, Part 46, 48, 49, 56, 57, and 62. In addition to mining company employees, contractors, vendors and others regularly exposed to mine hazards are required to have various levels of training. Certain employees of the Department of Environmental Quality, Risk Management, and emergency response personnel are required to have this training.
The Mined Land Reclamation Program, working in cooperation with mining companies, consultants, and other state and federal governmental agencies, approves or rejects mine reclamation plans and financial assurance mechanisms; all metalliferous mining units and exploration operations with surface disturbances greater than five acres are subject to this requirement. Annual reviews and on-site inspections are a part of the continual monitoring process to establish compliance to the Mined Land Reclamation laws, rules and regulations.
Our team of experienced mine safety professionals continually strive to improve Agency programs and services so Arizona will be not only a leader in mining production, but in SAFE PRODUCTION as well.
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2000 Annual Report
MINE SAFETY ENFORCEMENT During calendar year 2000, the inspection team performed 465 health and safety inspections which identified 934 violations of the mining code for corrective actions by the mine operators. Thirty-one elevator inspections were conducted and annual operating permits issued. Forty underground diesel equipment operating permits were issued. Seven serious mine accidents, three fatal and four permanent disability, were investigated. Thirtythree citizen complaints regarding dust, noise, and blasting from nearby mining operations, eleven employee complaints concerning unsafe conditions, and sixteen complaints referred from other state and federal agencies were investigated.
No. of Inspections
No. of Violations
Surface Metal Mines, Mills, SX-EW Plants, Smelters
41
142
7,725
47
Rock Products, Sand & Gravel, Pits, Quarries, Plants
372
733
4,805
501
Underground Mines
12
24
229
12
Contractors
40
35
1,834
101
465
934
14,593
661
TOTAL
No. of Employees
No. of Mines (Operating Units)
2000 Operating Mines The following pages contain the operating mines and contractors active in 2000. These figures represent 661 operating units with 14,593 workers.
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COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
APACHE COUNTY Arizona Silica Sand Co. C. S. Mc Crossan, Inc. Engelhard Corp. Francis Day & Sons S B S, Inc. Town of Eager Town of Springerville
Houck Operations PE -108 Cheto Mines Richville Pit Cheto Mine 1 Various mine sites Various Mine Sites
Silica Sand Asphalt Bentonite Aggregates Bentonite Aggregates Sand & Gravel
17 2 4 2 4 1 1
APACHE COUNTY TOTALS
31
Aggregates Aggregates Asphalt Gold Mine Tour Lime Marble Aggregates Asphalt Asphalt Sand & Gravel Concrete Sand & Gravel Aggregates Aggregates Copper Copper Slag Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Decorative Rock Aggregates Zeolites Concrete Aggregates Sand & gravel Concrete Aggregates
17 5 5 2 2 44 3 20 6 4 24 4 10 2 7 16 49 2 7 6 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5
COCHISE COUNTY Ashton Company Ashton Company Ashton Company B M M R MechanicalContracting, Inc. Bisbee Mine Tour Chemical Lime Company Cross Spear Marble, Inc. F N F Mining Co., A division of F N F Construction F N F Mining Co., A division of F N F Construction Granite Construction Company Huachuca Concrete, Inc Huachuca Concrete, Inc. Huachuca Concrete, Inc. L. Sheldon & Company Maddux & Sons, Inc. Nord Copper Corp. Phelps Dodge Bisbee Phelps Dodge Douglas Roy Anderson Stone dba Apache Stone Roy Anderson Stone dba Apache Stone Sonoran Landscaping Texas Canyon Rock & Sand U O P Molecular Sieve United Metro Materials United Metro Materials Willcox Rock & Sand Willcox Rock & Sand Young Block Co., Inc.
Various Mine Sites PC # 2 Portable Crusher Portable Equipment Micron Recovery Copper Queen Mine Douglas Plant and Quarry Marble Quarry Portable Crusher Portable Hot Plant Sierra Vista Plant Huachuca Pit Huachuca Pit Portable Various locations Tombstone ADEQ 4052-94 Equipment #002 Johnson Camp Mine Copper Queen Douglas Reduction Works Apache Bluebell Quarry Johnson Camp Texas Canyon Rock & Sand Bowie Operation Plant 229 Sierra Vista Plant 229 Sierra Vista Riggs Pit Willcox Batch Plant SierraVista Sand Pit”
EMPLOYEES
6 COCHISE COUNTY TOTALS
282
COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
COCONINO COUNTY A - Rock Arizona Department of Transportation Arizona Pacific Materials L L C Arizona Tufflite, Inc. Blaser Corp. dba American Sandstone Blaser Corp. dba American Sandstone Blaser Corp. dba American Sandstone Blaser Corp. dba American Sandstone Blaser Corp. dba American Sandstone Blaser Corp. dba American Sandstone C & D Cinder Sales C. S. Mc Crossan, Inc. C. S. Mc Crossan, Inc. C. S. Mc Crossan, Inc. C. S. Mc Crossan, Inc. Coconino Cinders Sales Coconino County Public Works Direct Stone Sales Drake Stone Products Drake Stone Products Drake Stone Products Drake Stone Products Dunbar Stone Dunbar Stone Dunbar Stone Dunbar Stone Dunbar Stone Dunbar Stone Espee Cinder Sales, Inc. dba Q-Max Co. Fast Fred’s , Inc. Flagstaff Cinder Sales, Inc. Glory Enterprises Hammond Wholesale Flagstone Harley Gray Stone Harley Gray Stone Harley Gray Stone Harley Gray Stone Harley Gray Stone
Grey Mountain Pit Kolberg WO15 APM - Flagstaff White Vulcan Mine Apache Quarry Coconino Quarry Golden Buckskin- Drake Mills Quarry Santa Cruz Quarry Black Cat Quarry Espee Pit PE -109 PE -127 PE -128 Portable Equipment Wildcat Hill Pit Sheep Hill Aztec Quarry-Ash Fork A A Quarry-Ash Fork Blue Bird Quarry Cinnamon Quarry-Ash Fork Fitzgerald Quarry-Ash Fork Armstrong Rose Billy 1 and 2 Bluejay Quarry-Ash Fork Horner Quarry-Ash Fork Roeder Quarry Yellow Buck Quarry-Ash Fork Espee Pit Sheep Hill Red & Black Pit Sheep Hill New 124 Rd. Hammond Oak Appletree Quarries-Drake Mary Lee Quarry-Drake Nine Strike Quarry-Drake/ Chi Chi Oak Quarries-Ash Fork Oak SW1/4 T23N R3W, S29
Sand & Gravel Aggregates Cinders Pumice Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Cinders Asphalt Aggregates Asphalt Aggregates Cinders Cinders Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Cinders Cinders Cinders Cinders Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension
EMPLOYEES
Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone
Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone
Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone
11 4 3 3 1 7 4 71 8 13 2 8 6 2 14 3 3 4 1 9 4 2 6 3 3 2 5 3 1 2 10 3 7 39 9 8 5 12
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COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
Harley Gray Stone Harley Gray Stone Heritage Stone Company Horner Stone Horner Stone Horner Stone Horner Stone Howard Gray Stone Howard Gray Stone Howard Gray Stone Howard Gray Stone J. C. Enterprises J. R. Excavating Company Levin Stone Levin Stone Levin Stone Levin Stone Levin Stone Pelham Stone Sales—Formerly Direct Stone Sales Stone Mountain Stoneworld Stoneworld Superlite Block Three Wins Quarries United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials Western States Stone Western States Stone Western States Stone Western States Stone Western States Stone
Red Quarry-Ash Fork Red SW 1/4, T 23N, R 3W, S 29 Bacon & Beans Quarry Cucomunga Quarry Jericho Quarry Rocky 2 Quarry Above House Quarry Million & Buff Grind Stone/Above House Rosa Grind Stone Rosa Quarry-Drake Perez Quarry-Ash Fork J.R. Aggregate Plant Buckskin II Ferno Quarry Hells Bells Quarry John Brown Quarry Paradise Aztec Quarry, Ash Fork Stone Mountain Classic Oak Quarry-Ash Fork Sedona Red Quarry-Ash Fork” Darling/ Winona 3 Wins Quarries-Drake Plant # 337 / Gray Mountain Plant # 337 / Gray Mountain Plant 33 Railhead-5200 E. Railhead Plant 33 Railhead-5200 E. Railhead UM Plant # 335 / Hill UM Plant # 336 / Sunset Crater-McCormick Apache Quarry-Ash Fork Big Red Quarry-Ash Fork Santa Cruz Quarry-Ash Fork Upper Red Quarry-Ash Fork West Quarry-Drake
Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Aggregates Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Cinders Flagstone-Dimension Stone Aggregates Asphalt Concrete Asphalt Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone Flagstone-Dimension Stone COCONINO COUNTY TOTALS
2 4 2 2 6 2 2 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 14 2 7 6 4 5 9 21 7 3 3 3 14 8 4 2 3 2 5 465
GILA COUNTY Ace Pipe Cleaning ASARCO ASARCO ASARCO
Various Mine Sites Hayden Mill Hayden Smelter Ray Complex
Maintenance Copper Copper Copper
17 241 381 731
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COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
B H P Copper B H P Copper B H P Copper B H P Copper B H P Copper B H P Copper. Chattanooga Boiler & Tank Company Concrete Restoration Systems, Inc. ( C R S I)* Dalmolin Excavating E & N Mining and Construction, Inc. Frontier - Kemper Constructors, Inc. Gradeline Construction, Inc Granite Construction Company Granite Construction Company Granite Construction Company High Desert Materials J. T. Thorpe and Son, Inc. Jonovich Companies, Inc. Kalamazoo Materials Kessen & Kessen Kessen & Kessen Kessen & Kessen Leonard Construction Company Morris Material Handling Payson Concrete & Materials Payson Concrete & Materials Payson Concrete & Materials Payson Concrete & Materials Payson Concrete & Materials Phelps Dodge Miami Phelps Dodge Miami Phelps Dodge Miami Phelps Dodge Miami S & M Construction, Inc. Smithco Enterprises, Inc. Smithco Enterprises, Inc. Star Valley Granite Stebbins Engineering & Manufacturing Company Tonto Redi- Mix, Inc. Tower Performance Inc. United Metro Materials United Metro Materials
Miami Unit Pinto Valley Pinto Valley - Pit Pinto Valley - Shops Pinto Valley Miami Unit Pinto Valley ASARCO Hayden Smelter ASARCO Ray B H P Pinto Valley Phelps Dodge Miami ASARCO Ray Mine Young Plant Portable Crusher #1717 Soil Cement Plant Various Mine Sites Young Mine Various Mining Sites PD Miami Superior Copper Hills Mine Cyprus Lime Quarry PD Miami Smelter ASARCO Hayden Smelter ASARCO Hayden Smelter Crushing Plant Old Tonto Pit Payson Plant Payson Plant Tonto Creek P D Miami Open Pit Rod Plant Smelter Tank House/ Refinery Phelps Dodge - Miami ASARCO Smelter Bonita Pit Star Valley Granite ASARCO Hayden Smelter Tonto Pit #1 ASARCO Hayden Smelter Plant # 602 Bixby Rd. Nugget Pit Plant 601
Copper Copper Copper Copper Copper Copper Maintenance Maintenance Aggregates Construction Construction Aggregates Aggregates Soil Cement Aggregates Granite Maintenance Maintenance Decorative Rock Silica Lime Slag Construction Maintenance Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Concrete Concrete Copper Copper Copper Copper Construction Slag Silica Granite Maintenance Aggregates Maintenance Aggregates Aggregates
25 15 20 24 130 27 4 4 6 4 50 3 6 6 127 2 20 15 4 4 2 6 10 11 3 4 2 2 2 865 106 400 50 14 14 2 1 6 4 6 10 3
COMPANY United Metro Materials, Inc. (formerly United Metro Materials, Inc. (formerly United Metro Materials, Inc. (formerly United Metro Materials, Inc. (formerly United Metro Materials, Inc. (formerly VIP International Yellow Hair Trading & Mining
MINE/PLANT Guzman Guzman Guzman Guzman Guzman
GRAHAM COUNTY C K C Materials C K C Materials C K C Materials Matthewsville Excavating Morris, W. A., Sand & Gravel Morris, W. A., Sand & Gravel Morris, W. A., Sand & Gravel Phelps Dodge Process Technology Center Smith & Bell Construction Smith & Bell Construction
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GREENLEE COUNTY B & W Commercial Bowen Machine & Fabricating, Inc. Caribou Inc. Circle R Services Cisco Salvage Haralson’s Big A Auto Parts Kellogg Brown & Root Inc. Morris, W. A., Sand & Gravel Morris, W. A., Sand & Gravel Network Transport services, Inc. Oakcreek Contracting, Inc. Phelps Dodge Morenci Phelps Dodge Morenci Phelps Dodge Morenci Phelps Dodge Morenci Phelps Dodge Morenci Tipton Contracting
Materials) Globe Plant Materials) Globe Plant Materials) Globe Plant Materials) Nugget Wash Plant. Materials) Nugget Wash Plant. ASARCO Hayden Smelter Sleeping Beauty
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
Aggregates Concrete Asphalt Aggregates Asphalt Maintenance Gemstones GILA COUNTY TOTALS
20 2 2 20 10 20 19 3,482
Airport Batch Plant Airport Hot Plant Airport Pit Matthewsville Pit Morris Pit # 1 Morris Pit #1 Safford Safford Batch Plant Sanchez Mine Graham Batch Plant Graham Pit
Concrete Asphalt Sand & Gravel Aggregates Sand & Gravel Asphalt Concrete Copper Concrete Sand & Gravel GRAHAM COUNTY TOTALS
Various Mine Sites PD Morenci
Maintenance Construction Construction Maintenance Demolition Maintenance Construction Aggregates Sand & Gravel Vendor Aggregates Copper Copper Copper Copper Copper Aggregates GREENLEE COUNTY TOTALS
Contractor @ Phelps Dodge Morenci Phelps Dodge Morenci Phelps Dodge Various Mine Locations Phelps Dodge Morenci Portable Crusher Phelps Dodge -Morenci Old Virden Highway Pit Morenci Concentrator Morenci Mine Morenci Process Shops Morenci Shops, Power & Surface Morenci SX Tipton
1 3 3 2 9 4 10 20 2 2 56
21 63 58 18 6 7 446 15 3 14 2 391 809 472 449 361 3 3,138
COMPANY LA PAZ COUNTY Ashton Company C & H Equipment L L C dba Westgate* Centennial Development Company Colorado Calumet Company Double J Sand & Rock L L C La Paz County Public Works M. G. Quarries L L C MIDAS Recovery L L C.
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MARICOPA COUNTY A & A Materials, Inc. A & A Materials, Inc. Accurate Corrosion Control Ajax Sand & Rock All Star Materials, Corp. Ames Construction AZCO Mining Inc. Becho Incorporated Canyon Country Contracting Company Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Chandler Ready Mix Chandler Ready Mix Chandler Ready Mix Chandler Ready Mix/ Aztec Materials Cheeseman Exploration Co. Inc. Chris Dixon Custom Boulders aka Custom Landscape Materials LLC F N F Mining Co., a division of F N F Construction Four Peaks Mining Ft. McDowell Sand & Gravel Golden Sunset Mining & Milling Co. LLC
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
Portable Crusher #19750 PC # 1 Golconda Copperstone Project Red Cloud Mine
Aggregates Gold Exploration Wulfenite Crystals Sand & Gravel Aggregates Marble Gold LA PAZ COUNTY TOTALS
5 2 16 6 5 6 2 2 44
Aggregates Decorative Rock Maintenance Aggregates Decorative Rock Construction Mica Sand & Gravel Construction Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Concrete Aggregates Aggregates Concrete Aggregates Aggregates Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Exploration Gold Decorative Rock Aggregates Gemstones Granite Decorative Rock
3 3 2 3 5 1 2 10 1 18 2 3 44 4 30 2 10 22 2 23 5 2 2 1 7 5 1 2 4
Cibola Pit- ADEQ 100981 M G Quarry Kosa # 1
A & A Screening Plant, Apache Junction Apache Granite Pit Various mine sites 51st Avenue (Ajax Contracting) South Mountain Grey Green Various Mine Sites Black Canyon Mica Phoenix Plant / Bard Ranch CCC Mines, LLC Sun City Plant #77 El Mirage Lehi Plant Mesa Plant #61 Batch plants A & B PC Plant #71 (Mesa) Plant #62 Sun City Plant #67 West Plant # 72 Bard Ranch Lehi Aggregate Plant Lehi Ready Mix Queen Creek Pit Lone Mountain Lucky Louis Bighorn Pit aka LW Quarry 79-03 Four Peaks Amethyst Sanner Pit Desert Rose Silica Sand
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COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Kilauea Crushers Kilauea Crushers M & C Plastech, Inc. Maricopa Ready Mix Maricopa Ready Mix Maricopa Ready Mix Mesa Materials, Inc. Mesa Materials, Inc. Morton International, Inc. New West Materials New West Materials New West Materials Phoenix Brick Yard Phoenix Redi- Mix Phoenix San Man Phoenix San Man Quackenbush Construction Corp. R M I Ready Mix Rainbow Enterprises Red Mountain Mining Rockland Materials Rockland Materials Rockland Materials Salt River Sand and Rock Salt River Sand and Rock Salt River Sand and Rock Salt River Sand and Rock Salt River Sand and Rock San Tan Adobe, Inc. Seibert I South West Sand & Gravel, Inc. Southwest Rock Products Sun State Rock & Materials Sun State Rock & Materials
San Domingo Hot Plant 51 st AvePit Plant #35 59th Ave Pit Agua Fria Plant/ River Ranch Plant # 34 Plant # 48 Hasayampa San Domingo/aggragate, Wickenburg Plant 2 / Jomax Plant Picacho Mine Various Mine Sites 118th Ave. & Rose Garden Litchfield Plant - Plant # 3 Mesa Plant 2 Mesa Plant Sun Materials Plant # 2 Morton Salt PC # 2 Portable Crusher # 3 West Phoenix Tolleson Clay Pit Aqua Fria Plant Goodyear Plant # 13 PC # 15 Parker Mine Sun City PLant 75th Avenue Pit and Plant No. 2 Red Mountain Quarry 43rd Ave. & Lower Buckeye Deer Valley Road West Buckeye Pit # 2 Beeline Plant # 1 Dobson Plant Glendale Plant Higley Road Plant Sun City Plant Queen Creek Plant Seibert South West Sand & Gravel Pit Queen creek Plant 1, 115th and Beardsley Plant 3
Asphalt Concrete Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Concrete Sand & Gravel Aggregates Aggregates Granite Maintenance Concrete Concrete Concrete Aggregates Aggregates Salt Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Clay Aggregates Aggregates Sand & Gravel Aggregates Concrete Aggregates Decorative Rock Sand & Gravel Concrete Sand & Gravel Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Clay Gold Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Sand & Gravel
1 13 18 12 14 4 1 8 17 2 13 10 16 25 15 38 10 4 12 6 10 4 3 2 5 2 20 152 16 1 32 144 15 28 28 4 5 7 2 29 8
COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
Sun State Rock & Materials Sun Valley Mining Company aka Superstition Crushing Superstition Crushing, L L C Superstition Crushing, L L C Superstition Crushing, L L C Superstition Crushing, L L C Superstition Mountain Stone T. R. P., L L C United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials Vulcan Materials, CalMat div. Vulcan Materials, Calmat Div. Vulcan Materials, CalMat Div. Vulcan Materials, CalMat Div. Vulcan Materials, Calmat Div. Vulcan Materials, Calmat Div. Vulcan Materials, Calmat Div. Vulcan Materials, Calmat Div. Vulcan Materials, Calmat Div. Vulcan Materials, Calmat Div. West Valley Sand & Gravel, formerly Mountain Valley Wheeler Construction
Plant 6, North Central Avenue Various Locations # 18 # 22 PC #17 Portable II/ # 21 Superstition Mountain Granite Pit Plant #1 & #2 Plant 113 / Cave Creek & Peak View Rd. Plant # 106 Plant # 106 Plant # 3 UM Plant 101 / 2800 S. Central UM Plant 107 UM Plant 108 / 115th & Beardsley UM Plant 111 / 3640 S. 19th Ave UM Plant 111 / 3640 S. 19th Ave UM Plant 111 / 3640 S. 19th Ave. UM Plant 112 UM Plant 112 UM Plant 112 UM Plant 15 / Dobson & McKellips UM Plant 17 - Higley & Thomas UM Plant 2 / Beeline & McDowell UM Plant 2 / Beeline & McDowell UM Plant 2 Beeline & McDowell Dobson Hot Plant and Shops Phoenix Plant #32 Plant 12 — Sun City Plant 12 — Sun City Plant 16 — Mesa Plant 16 — Mesa Plant 24 — Litchfield Plant 24 — Litchfield Plant 57 — Mesa Plant18 — West Plant Mountain Valley Agua Fria Plant Various Locations
Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Granite Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Concrete Sand & Gravel Concrete Concrete Aggregates Asphalt Concrete Aggregates Concrete Asphalt Concrete Concrete Aggregates Concrete Asphalt Asphalt Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Concrete Asphalt Aggregates Aggregates Asphalt Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Concrete MARICOPA COUNTY TOTALS
4 6 6 5 6 5 7 5 1 5 3 5 10 6 5 39 8 4 5 5 5 2 2 5 5 5 20 20 26 10 12 2 12 10 9 6 7 6 1,279
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COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
MOHAVE COUNTY Al Far Mining, L. L. C. Applied Chemical Magnesias Corp. Arthur Adams Canyon Sand, Inc. Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Chemical Lime Company Cox Rock Products Cox Rock Products Cox Rock Products Cox Rock Products Cox Rock Products D S Mine & Development D. l. Campbell Company D. L. Campbell Company Desert Construction, Inc. Desert Construction, Inc. Desert Construction, Inc. Dick Merritt Construction Dunbar Stone Equatorial Mining North America, Inc. Eureka Mining F N F Mining Co., A division of F N F Construction Kalamazoo Materials aka Able Earth Kalamazoo Materials aka Able Earth Kalamazoo Materials aka Able Earth Kiewit Western Co. Kiewit Western Co. Kingman Redi- Mix McCall Construction McCormick Construction McCormick Construction Mineral Park Decorative Rock Mohave Concrete & Materials Mohave Concrete & Materials Mohave Concrete & Materials Mohave Concrete & Materials Mohave Concrete & Materials Mohave Concrete & Materials Mohave Concrete & Materials Mohave Concrete & Materials
Gold Brucite Mill Brucite Three Burrow #1 Gold Arizona Plant Sand & Gravel Plant 18 - Bullhead Batch Plant Concrete Nelson Plant Lime Lake Havasu Pit Aggregates Lake Havasu Pit Asphalt Oatman Road Pit #3-Mohave Concrete & Materials Asphalt Arvada Ranch Pit Aggregates Arvada Ranch Pit Asphalt Gold Chemehuevi Pit Sand & Gravel Chenoweth Pit Sand & Gravel Hualapai Pit - Rosslynn Rd. Pit Aggregates Hualapai Pit - Rosslynn Rd. Pit Asphalt Route 66 plant Concrete Sacramento Mine Aggregates Hualapi Chocolate Flagstone-Dimension Stone Equatorial Mineral Park Copper Havasu Rose Decorative Rock 71-09 Aggregates Chloride Decorative Rock Valentine Pit Decorative Rock White Hills Decorative Rock Crusher #2 ADEQ 1000470 Aggregates Silver Creek Plant Sand & Gravel Airport Drive Aggregates McCall Pit Aggregates McCormick Pit Sand & Gravel McCormick Pit Hot Plant Asphalt Mineral Park Rock Decorative Rock Fort Mohave Indian Reserv. Aggregates Kingman Plant Aggregates Kingman Plant Concrete Lake Havasu Plant Aggregates Lake Havasu Plant Concrete Lake Havasu Plant Asphalt McConnico Mine Aggregates Oatman Road Plant Aggregates
EMPLOYEES
2 5 1 14 12 71 4 4 3 10 4 3 4 10 7 7 3 2 5 25 3 8 5 8 6 7 15 1 4 4 9 9 7 7 7 3 2 2 9 7
COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
Mohave Concrete & Materials Mohave County Road Department Precision Aggregate Products, LLC Resized Rock, Inc. Sierra Pacific Gypsum Corp. Southern Arizona Paving & Construction Company T & F Enterprises T & F Enterprises Tanner Companies Thunderbird Materials Tri- R Construction United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials Walker Trucking
Oatman Road Plant Hualapai Pit, #HP919991 Hidden Valley White Hills
Concrete Sand & Gravel Aggregates Decorative Rock Gypsum Aggregates Aggregates Sand & Gravel Asphalt Sand & Gravel Aggregates Concrete Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates MOHAVE COUNTY TOTALS
7 1 6 3 8 1 1 1 2 1 3 10 10 6 6 2 387
NAVAJO COUNTY Arizona Department of Transportation Brimhall Sand, Rock & Building Materials, Inc. Brimhall Sand, Rock & Building Materials, Inc. Brimhall Sand, Rock & Building Materials, Inc. Cholla Ready Mix Cholla Ready Mix Dyna Rock Fisher Industries, Southwest Division Hatch Construction & Paving, Inc. Hatch Construction & Paving, Inc. Hatch Construction & Paving, Inc. Hatch Construction & Paving, Inc. Henry’s Enterprises Linden Pearce Construction aka Joy T. Pearce
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Navajo County Perkins Cinder Company Perkins Cinder Company Reidhead Crushing & Screening Co. Reidhead Sand & Rock, Inc. Reidhead Sand & Rock, Inc. Staker Asphalt & Paving
Aztec Materials Quarry Pit 101 Pit 201 Plant 486 Sawmill Wash Pit Pass Canyon/Silver Creek Bullhead City Pit/ Aztec Rd.Plant 881 Bullhead City, Plant 882 Bull Head Parkway Plant 882 Fort Mohave Aztec Rd. Plant 882 Fort Mohave Aztec Rd.
Second Knoll Pit Brimhall Pit Cottonwood Wash Pit Hardluck Pit Perkins Valley Pit Woodruff Butte Chevelon Anderson Pit 4 Mile Pit & Plant 5 Mile Pit & Plant 6 Mile Pit & Plant Ellsworth Pit, Crushing Plant Joy Pearce Pit, Agg. Wash 1 & 6, Hot & Batch & #7Screen First Knoll Pit First Knoll Pit B Owens Pit Dukes Peak Cinder Pit Paper Mill Rd. Plant Reidhead Sand & Rock Ellsworth Pit in Show Low
Cinders Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Concrete Concrete Aggregates Sand & Gravel Aggregates Aggregates Cinders Cinders Cinders Concrete Aggregates Asphalt
3 3 15 16 3 6 2 10 8 2 2 15 2 125 6 20 3 31 2 5 20
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COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
Surface Contracting, Inc. Taylor Materials United Metro Materials Inc. dba Quality Ready Mix, Inc.
Brimhall Pit Hall Pit Brimhall, Snowflake Pit
Asphalt Aggregates Concrete NAVAJO COUNTY TOTALS
6 3 3 311
Ace Pit Twin Peaks Rock & Stone Rillito Mill Rillito Quarry Mission Mill Mission Open Pit Mission South Mill Mission Underground Silver Bell Mine Harrison-Escalante Plant Eastside Plant 3 Various Mine Sites Cemex Plant Ina Road M-555, PE 353 Apex Plant Apex Plant Ina Road Plant # 19 Ina Road Plant # 23 Pima Mine Plant # 117 Pima Mine Plant # 117 Clay Mine Adobe Downey Pit Sand & Gravel
Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Cement Limestone Copper Copper Copper Copper Copper Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Aggregates Concrete Aggregates Concrete Aggregates Aggregates Concrete Clay Sand & Gravel Construction Aggregates Marble Gold Aggregates Asphalt Aggregates Asphalt Aggregates Decorative Rock Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Decorative Rock Decorative Rock
2 2 135 25 195 348 78 83 117 25 13 4 9 6 13 30 30 11 6 9 2 4 3 14 1 20 8 20 10 22 8 2 3 9 9
PIMA COUNTY Ace Sand & Gravel Arizona Portland Cement Co. Arizona Portland Cement Company Arizona Portland Cement Company ASARCO ASARCO ASARCO ASARCO Asarco / Silver Bell Mining L L C. B & R Materials, Corp B. J. Cecil Trucking, Inc Blake Reidhead dba B D R Transport C. S. Mc Crossan, Inc. Cemex U S A Cemex U S A Cemex U S A Cemex U S A Cemex U S A Cemex U S A Clay Mine Adobe, Inc. Downey, L. A. & Sons Durazo Construction Company Excalibur Excavating, Inc. Georgia Marble Golden Green Placer Mining Granite Construction Company Granite Construction Company Granite Construction Company Granite Construction Company Granite Construction Company Grey Rock Div. of Recwest Inc. Hydrometrics, Inc Jim Bush Sand & Gravel Kalamazoo Materials aka Able Earth Kalamazoo Materials aka Able Earth
Sunset Pit Santa Rita Mine Golden Green Placer Swan Road Pit Swan Road Pit Tangerine Pit Tangerine Pit Various Mine Sites portable equipment Various Mines Jim Bush Sand & Gravel Bonita Silverbell
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COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
Lamb Excavation, Inc. Minerals Research & Recovery, Inc. New West Materials Old Pueblo Adobe Co. Phelps Dodge Sierrita Phelps Dodge Sierrita Phelps Dodge Sierrita Phoenix Brick Yard Refractory Engineering & Construction dba RECON Service Insulation Systems, Inc Sierra Mining L L C. Sierrita Ranching & Mining Southwest Mining and Development Inc. Tucson Ready Mix, Inc. Tucson Ready Mix, Inc. Tucson Ready Mix, Inc. Tucson Ready Mix, Inc. Tucson Ready Mix. Inc. United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials Valley Rock & Sand Co. Young & Sons Contracting, Inc
Various Mine Properties Ajo Plant Plant 1 & 2 Tucson Adobe Plant Phelps Dodge Sierrita Phelps Dodge Sierrita Mill Sierrita Open Pit Pantano Arizona Portland various mine sites Hughes Sand & Gravel Pit McGee Ranch Linda Vista II Orange Grove Plant 66 Orange Grove Plant 66 Orange Grove Plant 66 Valencia Plant 64 Valencia Plant 64 Plant 222 Poorman Rd Plant 223 Cortaro Plant 223 Cortaro Plant 223 Cortaro Hot Plant Plant 225 Green Valley Plant 225 Green Valley Valencia Plant #21 Valencia Plant # 21 McCann Pit Various Locations CP-090
Excavation Slag Asphalt Clay Copper Copper Copper Clay Maintenance Maintenance Sand & Gravel Aggregates Sand & Gravel Concrete Asphalt Sand & Gravel Concrete Aggregates Concrete Aggregates Concrete Asphalt Sand & Gravel Concrete Sand & Gravel Concrete Aggregates Soil Cement PIMA COUNTY TOTALS
2 35 34 3 54 369 300 6 28 6 13 5 1 9 7 28 6 3 4 28 10 8 9 4 14 4 4 2 2,272
PINAL COUNTY Adit Canyon Arizona Pacific Materials L L C B & S Enterprises Sand & Gravel, LLC B & S Enterprises Sand & Gravel, LLC B H P Copper B H P Copper B H P Copper B H P Copper B H P Copper Catalina Marble, Inc.
White Cliffs APM - Queen Creek Coolidge Plant Queen Creek Plant San Manuel San Manuel Mill San Manuel Mine San Manuel Oxide Pit Superior Mine Indian Town Quarry
Diatomite Cinders Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Copper Copper Copper Copper Copper Marble
4 8 4 5 20 24 45 35 6 1
COMPANY
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Catalina Rock & Sand Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Cemex U S A formerly Sunward Materials Central Arizona Materials Desert Stone Material Ft. McDowell Sand & Gravel Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Harborlite Corp. J. J. & J Gold Operations Kalamazoo Materials Kalamazoo Materials aka Able Earth Kalamazoo Materials aka Able Earth Kalamazoo Materials Kiewitt, Peter & Sons formerly Tucson Rock & Sand, Inc. L. E. G. Enterprises, Inc. Lang Exploratory Drilling Linco - Western L L C Maricopa Ready Mix Martin Group National Gypsum Oliver Mining Company Oliver Mining Company OMYA CA, Inc. Pluess- Stauffer CA, Inc. Phelps Dodge Tohono Phoenix Cinders, Inc. Phoenix San Man Pinal Gypsum Pinal Gypsum Pioneer Landscaping Materials Pioneer Sand Company Pizzagalli Construction Company R M I Ready Mix Rock Solid, Inc. Rockland Materials Salt River Sand and Rock
MINE/PLANT
Coolidge Plant Port. Crush #2314/#50/Queen Ck Port. Crush #2314/#50/Queen Ck Queen Creek Plant 65, Batch Plants A & B Queen Creek Plant 75 Coolidge Plant Desert Queen Gila Diversion Dam/ Florence Florence Plant # 43 Queen Creek Plant 2 Queen Creek Plant 2 Pioneer PC 54 Picacho Peak Harborlite Mine/Mill Catalina Mine New Superior Amber Magma Superior Desert Gold Pit ( Formerly San Manuel Pit) Plant 65 - Golder Ranch L.E.G. Enterprises BHP - San Manual Oxide Pit various sites Coolidge, Plant 4/Attaway Road Plant Feldman Gypsum Quarry Coolidge Pit Queen Creek Pit M D I Quarry, Superior Marble Queen Creek Plant Cyprus Tohono Phoenix Cinders Pit Coolidge Plant # 11 Coolidge Plant White Cross Mine San Tan Pit Casa Grande Pit Omya Calcium Carbonate Facility Queen Creek Plant Coolidge Pit Queen Creek Plant Queen Creek Plant
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Aggregates Concrete Concrete Aggregates Sand & Gravel Decorative Rock Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Concrete Sand & Gravel Perlite Gold Aggregates Decorative Rock Decorative Rock Decorative Rock Sand & Gravel Aggregates Exploration Construction Concrete Aggregates Gypsum Aggregates Aggregates Calcium Carbonate Copper Cinders Sand & Gravel Gypsum Gypsum Decorative Rock Decorative Rock Construction Concrete Sand & Gravel Concrete Sand & Gravel
4 4 45 5 3 11 3 2 3 6 11 2 2 10 1 8 4 9 6 10 3 6 9 4 3 4 5 5 14 13 5 6 6 5 1 2 93 3 6 11 9
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COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
San Xavier Rock & Materials San Xavier Rock & Materials Silica Mines, Inc.aka Little Hill Mines, Inc. Silver King Mining Co. Superior Companies Superstition Crushing, L L C Superstition Crushing, L L C Treasure Chest Mining Tucson Ready Mix, Inc. United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Plant # 640 (Formerly Clark Trucking) Walker Butte Granite
Catalina Batch Plant Catalina Wet Plant Silver King Mine Gypsum Pit #16 # 15 Treasure Chest Pit Crushing & Screening #5 Plant 226 Catalina Plant 226 Catalina Batch Plant UM Plant 41 / Maricopa Rd & Gila River UM Plant 41 / Maricopa Rd. & Gila River UM Plant 41 / Maricopa Rd. & Gila River UM Plant 47 / Hwy 287 & Attaway Rd UM Plant 47 Hwy 287 & Attaway Rd UM Plant 48 / Hwy 93 2mi N. of Casa Blanca UM Plant 48 / Hwy 93 2mi N.of Casa Blanca UM Plant 49 / 2305 S. Rooftile Rd. Casa Grande UM Plant 49 / 2305 S. Rooftile Rd. Casa Grande UM Plant 49 / 2305 S. Rooftile Road Casa Grande Winkleman / Superior Plant 546 Mammoth Plant # 640 & River Road Pit Walker Butte Granite
Concrete Aggregates Silica Silver Gypsum Aggregates Aggregates Decorative Rock Sand & Gravel Aggregates Concrete Asphalt Sand & Gravel Concrete Sand & Gravel Concrete Aggregates Concrete Aggregates Asphalt Concrete Aggregates Aggregates Granite PINAL COUNTY TOTALS
5 10 22 8 6 4 6 11 4 2 2 10 41 4 2 2 27 8 13 8 6 5 12 12 744
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY C. S. Mc Crossan, Inc. Collins Excavating Coronado Group, L L C formerly J D I , Inc. Padilla Sand & Gravel Redi Mix, Inc. Padilla Sand & Rock United Metro Materials dba San Xavier United Metro Materials dba San Xavier
PE -185 Rio Rico Sand & Rock Rio Rico Plant Agua Fria Plant Agua Fria Plant Plant 228 Nogales Plant 228 Nogales Batch Plant
Aggregates Sand & Gravel Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Concrete SANTA CRUZ COUNTY TOTALS
YAVAPAI COUNTY Arizona Sand & Gravel B & B Materials Bell Enterprises Bitter Creek Materials
Paulden Big Chino Plant Screening Sanders Pit Bitter Creek Materials
Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Aggregates Sand & Gravel
2 4 6 7 6 2 2 29
5 7 2 1
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COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
Central Mtn. Materials, L.L.C. Charles Porter Clark Excavating, Inc. Drake Stone Products Drake Stone Products Drake Stone Products Dunbar Stone Dunbar Stone Dunbar Stone Earth Products Environverde L. L. C. formerly Arizona Green Sand Everett Dixon Claims G & S Sand & Rock Granite Mountain Materials Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Hanson Aggregates of Arizona formerly Pioneer Concrete Hoss & Son Ironite Products Company Material Delivery Inc. ( M D I) Material’s Delivery Meadow Valley Contractors, Inc. Meadow Valley Contractors, Inc. Meadow Valley Materials formerly Chino Valley Materials Moyles- Riggs Northern Arizona Stone Company, Inc. Northwest Drilling, Inc. Phelps Dodge Bagdad Copper Phelps Dodge Bagdad Copper Phelps Dodge United Verde Phoenix Cement Company Phoenix Cement Company Prescott Valley Granite Salt River Sand and Rock Sun Cloud, Inc. Superior Companies Superior Companies Superstition Crushing, L L C Titan Energy United Metro Materials United Metro Materials United Metro Materials
Mortimer Mine Copper Crown #11 Various Mine Sites Diamond 7 M. C. Canyon Quarries Rock House Quarries Antolini/Antelope & Red Paulden Sand & Rock Perkins Pit
Aggregates Gold Sand & Gravel Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Flagstone-Dimension Aggregates Aggregates Zeolites Gold Sand & Gravel Aggregates Sand & Gravel Aggregates Aggregates Fertilizer Minerals Decorative Rock Sand & Gravel Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Gold Flagstone-Dimension Exploration Copper Copper Exploration Gypsum Cement Granite Sand & Gravel Gold Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Blasting Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates
3 1 2 12 8 48 2 5 1 16 8 1 3 2 26 13 1 33 5 2 15 7 2 1 2 4 372 171 9 3 159 2 5 2 4 6 9 2 3 10 20
AZGS Star Placer Dosie Pit Yavapai Airport Pit Clarkdale Pit Star Placer Ironite Products Dewey Pit Various Mine Sites Prescott Valley Pit 8 Pit 9, Chino Valley Granite Creek Pit Glory Ana Claims # 3 Gleed United Verde Bagdad Mine PD Bagdad Mill United Verde Phoenix Cement Gypsum Mine Phoenix Cement Plant Prescott Valley Granite Pit Chino Valley Sun Cloud Mine Cherry Pit Hayfield Draw Star Placer Pit Various MineSites Plant # 550 Plant # 556 Cp.Verde Superi Plant 556 CampVerde-Cherry Pit
Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone
Stone
COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
United Metro Materials United Verde Materials Vastco, Inc. Wheeler Construction, Inc. Yavapai Apache Sand & Rock
Plant 556 CampVerde-Cherry Pit United Verde Pit Del Rio Pit Ash Fork Pit
Concrete Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Sand & Gravel YAVAPAI COUNTY TOTALS
6 3 2 12 18 1,056
Black Hill Hot Plant Black Hill Mine Blaisedale Plant Blaisedale Pit Portable Equipment Roll Plant South Yuma Plant Yuma Plant Fortuna Pit 1 PC Batch Palnt 3E Pit Plant 11 Wash Plant Plant 180 Plant 180 W & L Pit Antelope Quarry Mohawk Quarry North Gila Valley Plant
Asphalt Aggregates Asphalt Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Sand & Gravel Asphalt Sand & Gravel Aggregates Concrete Sand & Gravel Aggregates Sand & Gravel Asphalt Aggregates Rip-Rap Rip-Rap Sand & Gravel YUMA COUNTY TOTALS
Various Mine Sites
Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance Demolition Construction Construction Construction Maintenance Construction Vendor Maintenance
YUMA COUNTY B T Z dba Zellers Excavating & Paving B T Z dba Zellers Excavating & Paving Don Kelland Materials, Inc. Don Kelland Materials, Inc. Don Kelland Materials, Inc. Don Kelland Materials, Inc. Don Kelland Materials, Inc. Don Kelland Materials, Inc. H & S Developers, Inc. Meadow Valley Contractors, Inc. Superstition Crushing, L L C Superstition Crushing, L L C Superstition Crushing, L L C Tanner Companie Tanner Companies W & L Inc. Wellton- Mohawk Irrigation & Drainage District Wellton- Mohawk Irrigation & Drainage District Yuma County Department of Public Works
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STATEWIDE A- O Painting, Inc. Air Conditioning Maintenance Allred Metal Products, Inc. American Reclamation, Inc. Boice Construction Company Bonita Steel Builders, Inc. Bud’s Electric Burk’s Valley Sanitation C D K Contracting Company California Wire Cloth Inc. dba Diamondback Castings Catalina Well & Pump, LLC
Various Mining Locations Various Mine Sites Various Mine Sites Various Mine Locations Various Mine Locations Various Mine Sites Various Mine Sites Various Mine Sites
4 14 4 7 6 7 13 4 6 10 8 6 3 17 4 7 2 1 4 127
2 4 2 9 4 12 4 4 30 4 1
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COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
Chapman Electrical Contracting, Inc. Cimetta Engineering & Construction Co., Inc. Cobre Tire Converse Environmental Consultants Southwest, Inc. Cummins Southwest, Inc. Custom Saw Cuts, Inc. D. S. O’ Leary Elbe Drilling & Blasting Empire Southwest, L L C Excell Erectors F N F Construction F N F Construction F N F Construction F N F Mining Co., A division of F N F Construction Fann Contracting Flo- Tech, Inc. Fred Clark Trucking General Electric International, Inc. Geotemps, Inc. Gilbert Electric Company, Inc. Hamon Custodis J & D Excavators J B S Industrial Maintenance, Inc. James Hamilton Construction Co. Jay’s Construction Kvaerner Industrial Constructors Layne Christensen Company aka Boyle Brothers M C O Mine Service, Inc. M. J. Baxter Drilling Co. Mag-Trol Arizona, Inc. aka Arizona Electrical Appartus Mountain Power Electrical Contractor, Inc. Park Corporation Parsons Steel Erectors, Inc. Poem Services Corporation Pulice Construction, Inc. Purcell’s Western State Tire Road Machinery Company S. A. S. Industrial Maintenance Corp. Salt River Sand and Rock Sasol Southwest Energy, LLC Schuff Steel Company
Various Mine Sites Various Mine Properties Various Mine Locations Various Mine Sites Various Mining Locations Various Mine Sites Copperopolis Various Mine Sites Various Mine Sites Various Mine Sites 61-00 Portable Various Locations 84-00 Portable Various Locations 85-00 Portable Various Locations 71-14 Various Mine Sites Various Mining Locations Various Mine Sites Various Mining Locations Various Mine Sites Various Mine Sites Various Mine Sites Various Mining Locations ASARCO Ray Complex Various Mine Sites Various Locations Various Mine Sites Various Mine Properties Various Mine Properties Various Mine Sites Various Mine Sites Various Mining Locations Various Mine Sites Various Mine sites Various Mine Sites Sun City Various Mine Locations Various Mine Properties Various Mine Sites Portable Equipment Various Mining Locations Various Mine Properties
Construction Construction Maintenance Reclamation Maintenance Construction Exploration Drilling & Blasting Maintenance Construction Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Aggregates Asphalt Maintenance Sand & Gravel Construction Engineering Maintenance Maintenance Drilling & Blasting Maintenance Construction Construction Construction Exploration Construction Drilling & Blasting Construction Construction Construction Construction Maintenance Construction Maintenance Maintenance Construction Aggregates Blasting Construction
6 25 19 2 32 2 2 2 75 4 2 2 2 21 5 2 2 6 2 41 2 15 11 16 15 124 23 4 3 20 2 5 16 1 6 23 25 10 10 72 12
COMPANY
MINE/PLANT
TYPE/PRODUCT
EMPLOYEES
Staker Paving and Construction Stewart Brothers Drilling Sturgeon Electric Sun Western Contractors Sundt Corporation, Inc. T. I. C. aka The Industrial Company Vallen Safety Supply Vroom Engineering & Mfg Western Explosives Systems ( WESCO), Inc. Western States Drilling and Blasting, Inc. Williams Detroit Diesel - Allison
Aztec Asphalt Plant Various Mine Sites Various Mining Locations Various Locations Various Mine Properties Various Mine Sites Phelps Dodge Morenci Various Mine Sites Various Mine Sites Various Mine Sites Various Mine Locations
Asphalt Exploration Construction Construction Construction Construction Safety/Training Maintenance Drilling & Blasting Drilling & Blasting Maintenance STATEWIDE TOTALS
3 2 19 20 2 15 5 19 6 12 42 890
TOTAL EMPLOYEES
14,593
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REPORTABLE (LOST TIME) ACCIDENTS Type
Company
Mine
No. of Accidents
ASARCO, Inc. ASARCO, Inc. ASARCO, Inc. ASARCO, Inc. Harley Gray Stone James Hamilton Construction Company Phelps Dodge Miami Mining Corporation Pioneer Concrete of Arizona, Inc.
Hayden Smelter Mission Mill Mission Unit Pit Ray Complex Appletree Quarries-Drake PD Morenci Rod Plant Plant #35 - 4002 S. 51st Ave. Pit Total
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Central Mt. Materials, LLC
Mortimer Pit Total
1 1
Salt River Sand and Rock
Queen Creek Plant Total
1 1
ASARCO, Inc. Phelps Dodge Bagdad Copper Company Salt River Sand and Rock Vroom Engineering & Mfg
Ray Complex Bagdad Mine Dobson Plant AZ Portland Cement Total
1 2 1 1 5
Flagstaff Cinder Sales, Inc. Pioneer Concrete of Arizona, Inc.
Red & Black Pit Queen Creek Plant 2 Total
1 1 2
ASARCO, Inc. Phelps Dodge Morenci, Inc. Phelps Dodge Morenci, Inc.
Mission Mill Morenci Shops Morenci Process Shops Total
1 2 1 4
Coconino Quarry Total
1 1
Mission Mill Mission Underground Ray Complex Morenci Mine Morenci Process Shops Pit Total
1 1 2 2 1 1 8
Caught Between (CBT)
Caught In (CI)
Caught On (CO)
Contact With (CW)
Contacted By (CB)
Fall - Same Level (FS)
Fall - Same Level (FS)/Struck Against (SA) Blaser Corp dba American Sandstone Fall to Below (FB) ASARCO, Inc. ASARCO, Inc. ASARCO, Inc. Phelps Dodge Morenci, Inc. Phelps Dodge Morenci, Inc. Yavapai Apache Sand & Rock
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Overexertion (OE) Arizona Portland Cement Company ASARCO, Inc. ASARCO, Inc. ASARCO, Inc. ASARCO, Inc. ASARCO, Inc. Blaser Corp. dba American Sandstone Blaser Corp. dba American Sandstone Harley Gray Stone Phelps Dodge Miami Mining Corporation Phelps Dodge Morenci, Inc. Phelps Dodge Morenci, Inc. Pioneer Concrete of Arizona, Inc. Salt River Sand and Rock Sasol Southwest Energy, LLC Vroom Engineering & Mfg Phelps Dodge Morenci, Inc.
Rillito Mill 1 Mission Mill 6 Mission Underground 1 Mission Unit Pit 2 Ray Complex 8 Ray SX/EW Plant 1 Black Cat Quarry 2 Mills Quarry 1 Appletree Quarries-Drake 2 Miami Smelter 2 Morenci Mine 1 Morenci Shops, Power & Surface 1 59th Ave Pit 1 Sun City Plant 1 Silverbell Mine 1 AZ Portland Cement 2 Morenci Mine 2 Total 35
Struck Against (SA) Phelps Dodge Bagdad Copper Company Bagdad Mine Phelps Dodge Morenci, Inc. Morenci Shops Total
2 1 3
Struck By (SB) Arizona Pacific Materials LLC ASARCO, Inc. Blaser Corp dba American Sandstone Blaser Corp dba American Sandstone Blaser Corp. dba American Sandstone Blaser Corp. dba American Sandstone Cobre Tire Harley Gray Stone Harley Gray Stone Harley Gray Stone Phelps Dodge Bisbee Phelps Dodge Morenci, Inc. Pioneer Concrete of Arizona, Inc. Salt River Sand and Rock Struck By (SB)/Caught Between (CBT) ASARCO, Inc. Total Reportable Accidents 2000
Queen Creek Ray Complex Apache Quarry Coconino Quarry Mills Quarry Santa Cruz Quarry PD Miami Mine Appletree Quarries-Drake Mary Lee Quarry-Drake Oak Quarry Copper Queen Morenci Mine Agua Fria Plant/River Ranch Higley Road Plant Total Mission Underground Total
1 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 22 1 1 91
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FATAL ACCIDENTS In 2000, three fatal accidents were reported and investigated: Fatal of Mr. Jose Villanueva Jose Villanueva, an underground miner, was fatally injured on January 31, 2000, when a 9-ton rock slab fell from the back (roof) of the 215-North Stope at the ASARCO Mission underground mine. The slab fell and struck the extended boom of a JLG 600S High Lift manlift. Mr. Villanueva and co-worker Joe Olson were positioned inside the raised manbasket when the slab struck the boom. The two men were thrown out of the manbasket and fell to the stope floor, killing Mr. Villanueva and seriously injuring Mr. Olson. Javier Vargas, underground equipment operator, was standing on the stope floor operating the Getman ANFO loader truck and was struck by the Getman manbasket or the slab as it rolled off the JLG manlift boom to the stope floor. Mr. Vargas was also seriously injured.
Fatal of Mr. Jack Clark On July 21, 2000, Jack D. Clark, loader operator at the Rockland Materials Plant #1, was severely injured when the bucket of the front-end loader he was operating ruptured a high pressure transmission natural gas line, resulting in an explosion and fire. He died of complications from severe burns to 80% of his body on September 9, 2000.
Fatal of Mr. Kenneth Axtel Kenneth Axtel, a redi-mix driver at the Cemex Ina Road Plant, was fatally injured on September 20, 2000, when he became pinned between the bridge axle and the rear end of the drum of a cement truck. Mr. Axtel was washing down the rear of the truck and slumping the concrete load at the time of the accident.
SERIOUS ACCIDENTS Joe Olson and Javier Vargas were seriously injured on January 31, 2000, when a 9-ton rock slab fell from the back (roof) of the 215-North Stope of the ASARCO Mission underground mine.
Severiano Serrano, a crusher operator at the Central Mountain Materials Mortimer Mine, was seriously injured on December 27, 2000 when his jacket sleeve was caught in the chain of the tail pulley of a pan feeder.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING The Education and Training Program, through a federal grant, provides mine health and safety training for miners throughout the state. This past year, Education and Training has focused on training miners who work at sand and gravel and smaller mining operations which do not have the benefit of a full-time safety-training professional. The Education and Training Program also trains contractors who are exposed to the same hazards as miners on mine properties. Our objectives are to teach subjects that meet the federal training requirements and meet the needs and hazard exposure of the students. One of the skills learned in New Miner and Annual Refresher Training is First Aid, a lifesaving skill that is used at and away from the workplace. In addition to providing training, the Education and Training Program maintains a video library and lends training tapes to the mining community for use in their safety training programs. Education and Training also coordinates activities and assembles programs and speakers for the annual May seminar and the October International Mine Safety and Health Conference.
Number of Miners and Mine Contractors Trained Number of Instructors Trained and Cerftifed as MSHA Instructors Number that Attended the Instructor Refresher Seminar Number that Attended the International Mine Safety and Health Conference Number Trained in First Aid Number Trained in Mine Rescue
4,234 26 93 106 459 20
Total Trained
4,938
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ABANDONED MINES REMEDIATION AND INVENTORY Project activities in 2000 focused on design and contract preparations for the closure and securing of abandoned mines on state lands. Actual construction costs to “plug, fill, fence” are paid by the Abandoned Mines Safety Fund (AMSF). Two large sites, Tonopah-Belmont Mine and Charleston Lead Mine, were the primary project development targets. The Tonopah-Belmont Mine is located southwest of Wickenburg. The mine receives extensive visitation and is home to a very large bat population. The closure project consists of fencing, grating, and bat gates. An engineering firm, Primatech, was chosen for design and construction of the project. Throughout the fall of 2000 and into early 2001, the agency worked closely with the engineers on closure design specifications to maintain the bat habitat and natural ventilation characteristics of the mine. The closure activities are to be completed by mid-2001. The second site is the Charleston Lead Mine near Tombstone. The mine is located on both state and federal lands. Closure was achieved as a joint project between the Bureau of Land Management and the State Mine Inspector. In addition to both state (AMSF) and federal funding, the agency wrote a grant proposal to the Western Governors Association for a waste clean-up grant. Arizona, along with Colorado and South Dakota, was chosen to be a pilot project under the grant. In the spring of 2000, seventeen hazardous mines on state land were prioritized for fencing. The sites included a shaft in Pinal County where two dogs fell in and died, a shaft in La Paz County near a well-traveled road, and several mines in northern Maricopa County near the new Anthem Development. Fieldwork in 2000 concentrated in identifying previously uninventoried mines on State Lands. The focus of these activities were concentrated southeast of Phoenix, especially in the area east of Florence. The potential financial litigation risk to the State of Arizona for abandoned mine accidents became reality in 2000. In 1994, a man perished in an abandoned mine accident on private land near Payson. He was four-wheeling after midnight and got his truck stuck in a collapsed mine opening near the edge of the trail. After getting out of his vehicle to investigate the problem he slipped into the opening and died from the fall. His widow filed a wrongful death suit against both the landowner and the state. In April 2000, the suit went to a jury trial in Gila County. The five-day trial resulted in a judgement against the State of over $800,000. The calendar year 2000 saw a marked increase in the number of public complaints of dangerous abandoned mines. In an average year only two or three complaints are received. In 2000, a total of 18 complaints were followed throughout the year., Throughout 2000, the Agency worked with State Procurement to develop specifications, award and administer a fencing contract to secure the Katherine Mine in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. This project resulted from an agreement established in 1996 between the Agency and the National Park Service to assist with mine closures in Arizona. Lake Mead National Recreation Area selected Katherine Mine near Bullhead City for the first site. After four years the funding from the National Park Service was forwarded to the state in early 2000. A contract was awarded mid-year 2000 for the construction of two fenced enclosures. The first fenced enclosure was approximately 700 feet in length to secure three deep shafts and adjacent undermined surface area. This fence was completed in November, 2000. The second fenced enclosure was approximately 6,000 feet in length and surrounded a tailings impoundment. Construction of the larger fence began in December and was completed in early 2001.
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MINED LAND RECLAMATION Arizona’s Mined Land Reclamation Act and Rules requires all metalliferous mines with five or more acres of disturbance on private lands to submit reclamation plans and financial assurance mechanisms to the State Mine Inspector for review and approval. In 2000, one new reclamation plan was approved, one plan was submitted, two plans were under review, and one plan was granted an extension. Sixteen annual status reports were received and five mine sites were inspected for compliance. A total of 180 acres of mined land were reclaimed in 2000. The Reclamation Division staff particpated in the 9th Annual Integrated Mining and Land Reclamation Planning Short Course in Reno, Nevada, presenting a paper entitled Mined Land Reclamation in Arizona. The paper discussed Arizona’s reclamation standards, current reclamation projects, and new and innovative reclamation techniques which are being developed in the state. Reclamation Plans Submitted Reclamation Plans Approved Reclamation Plans Under Review Extensions Granted Site Inspections
Company Addwest Inc. ASARCO
BHP
Carlota Copper Equatorial Phelps Dodge
Totals
Mine Gold Road Mission Hayden Ray Santa Cruz Silver Bell Florence Miami Pinto Valley Carlota Mineral Park Ajo Bagdad Miami Morenci Sierrita Twin Buttes
1 1 2 1 5
New Disturbances (Acres) 0 0 0 109 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 188 387 90 0 830
Reclaimed (Acres) 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 180
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