Mining Incidents

RED PIT MINE Metal/Non-Metal

RED PIT MINE · Surface
Controlled by Robert D Miller
Flagstaff, Coconino County, AZ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0200630

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
186
citations
51
significant & substantial
$63,536
proposed penalties
$63,306
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
2025 Q4 1,511 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,113 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,587 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,476 1 0 677.5
2024 Q4 1,718 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,421 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,905 2 0 1049.9
2024 Q1 1,416 0 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

5 on file

2018 · 1 incident

June 7, 2018 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Red Pit Mine · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

"We believe this accident added to an old race car driving injury" "No one was present ee texted coworker and said ee jacked knee badly" "Stepping off loader onto rocky ground"

2005 · 1 incident

September 20, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STRIKING OR BUMPING
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS CHECKING LOAD OF MATERIAL IN BED OF TRUCK, JUMPED OFF OF TRUCK AND STRUCK ELBOW ON FLANGE ON BED OF TRUCK COVERING TIRES.

2004 · 1 incident

May 21, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING A SCREEN FOR PLANT, TURNED AND PULLED MUSCLES IN NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

2001 · 1 incident

April 26, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS USING AIR HOSE TO CLEAN DIRT OUT OF CAB OF LOADER AND GOT DIRT IN LEFT EYE. WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

2000 · 1 incident

September 14, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS BLOWING CINDER OUT FROM BEHIND CUTTING EDGE ON BLADE WITH AIR HOSE AND GOT CINDER IN HIS RIGHT EYE.