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BHP Open Pit Metal/Non-Metal

BHP Copper · Surface

Controlled by BHP Billiton

Pinal County, AZ · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0202251

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2001
Latest incident: Jul 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$535

proposed penalties

$535

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	Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2	19,182	0	0.0
2002 Q1	15,796	0	0.0
2001 Q4	18,795	0	0.0
2001 Q3	19,812	0	0.0
2001 Q2	19,957	0	0.0
2001 Q1	19,811	7	353.3
2000 Q4	19,124	0	0.0
2000 Q3	18,190	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

July 6, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS

BHP Copper · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE SETTING UP TO WASH THE WATER TRUCK EE POURED NO-290 (ALUMINUM BRIGHTENER) INTO THE WASH BUCKET, POSITIONED THE WAY HE WAS FUMES CAME AND HE BREATHED THEM IN.