Mining Incidents

Sonora Environmental LLC dba B & R Mats Metal/Non-Metal

B & R Materials · Surface
Controlled by Lee Jolley; Larry Miller
Pima, Pima County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0200704

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2001–2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
130
citations
42
significant & substantial
$77,955
proposed penalties
$50,198
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 1,857 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 9,125 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,737 15 3 1716.8
2007 Q2 13,774 1 0 72.6
2007 Q1 2,938 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 13,696 12 1 876.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 4, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
B & R Materials Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PER CALL TO KIM- OPERATOR WAS ON WAY DOWN TO BOTTOM OF PIT, HIS TRUCK WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF PIT, NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED ACCIDENT.

Reportable incidents

10 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2007 · 2 incidents

October 16, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
B & R Materials · Struck against a moving object

Loader operator made wrong adjustment on loader seat which bottomed out causing lower back injury.

March 7, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & R Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

We are contesting this accident happened at work. All co workers say itwas a normal routine day. EE did not complain of pain and limp at any time and he did not report any accident to supervisor. He called he went home & middle of night he got shooting pain in his knee. spent a lot of time on his knees at work and he must have over exerted his knee.

2006 · 2 incidents

September 28, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
B & R Materials · Flash burns (welding)

Employee was welding in an enclosed area and he was wearing his welding mask. He worked all day and when he went home and tried to sleep his eyes hurt. He then went to St. Mary's hospital to get some drops for his eyes. He was fine the next day and worked the full day.

August 28, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & R Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was running to turn off feeder, when she stepped over a mound of dirt & overextended her calf muscle.

2005 · 2 incidents

June 22, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & R Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on the feed hopper using a porta-power unit to straighten the side of the hopper when porta-power slipped and a 12" x 14" x 3/8" steel plate hit him in the face and chest.

May 26, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
B & R Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ARGUING WITH THE SHOP FOREMAN. THE FOREMAN THREW AN EMPTY GREASE GUN ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY FROM EE. WITNESSES CLAIM EE HAD GREASY HANDS AND A GREASE RAG WHICH HE WIPED HIS EYES WITH. SINCE THERE WAS A REFRIGERATOR BETWEEN EE AND THE GREASE GUN, THERE IS NO WAY GREASE SPLATTERED ON EE FROM THE GREASE GUN.

2004 · 3 incidents

August 23, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & R Materials · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HURT BACK WHEN LIFTING A CABLE TO ATTACH TO A BUCKET.

July 22, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & R Materials · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE DISCONNECTING TRAILER FROM TRUCK.

July 19, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
B & R Materials · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ARCH-WELDING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, A PIECE OF SLAG FELL DOWN INTO HIS BOOT, BURNING HIS FOOT. THIS REPORT LATE BECAUSE EE WORKED A FULL WEEK AFTER ACCIDENT AND NEVER BROUGHT ANY DOCUMENTATION IN UNTIL 8/10/04.

2001 · 1 incident

March 5, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & R Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING DISLODGE BUILT-UP MATERIAL FROM ALOADER BUCKET WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY HIT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH A HAMMER CAUSING IT TO SPLIT AT THE TIP.