Mining Incidents

Mine #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Johnny Weik III
MESA, Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0202799

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2019
Latest incident
Jun 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
100
citations
36
significant & substantial
$19,423
proposed penalties
$19,115
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 2,332 7 5 3001.7
2025 Q3 4,826 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,594 7 2 2698.5
2025 Q1 816 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,584 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,311 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,195 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,216 4 0 1805.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2019 · 2 incidents

June 14, 2019 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Struck against a moving object

Laborer was passenger in other laborers personal truck. They were driving on an approximately 1 1/2 mile hilly dirt road. The driver met a drilling machine on the road, hit brakes, lost control of truck, went off the road and rolled truck. The posted speed limit was 15 mph. The driver said EE was driving 35-40 mph.

June 14, 2019 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Struck against a moving object

Laborer was driving personal truck with another laborer to go and pick up the water truck. It was a dirt road approximately 1 1/2 miles long. The driver met a drilling machine on the road, hit the brakes, lost control and went off the road and rolled the truck. Speed limit was 15 mph. Driver said they were driving 35-40 mph.

2012 · 1 incident

May 21, 2012 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was helping to install a chute on a 6x20 screening plant. He was using a prybar to help align the chute when the chute shifted and his right ring finger got caught between the chute and the screening plant. His finger was fractured. He saw a doctor on 5/23/12 and was released to full duty. Following his doctor's appointment he went on his scheduled vacation.

2011 · 1 incident

April 18, 2011 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning the head pulley shaft with a pneumatic sander when disc flew off and struck employee both the left and right forearm. The employee returned to work the same day with no restrictions determined by Foothills Walk-In Medical Care. No loss of time from work.

2009 · 1 incident

April 6, 2009 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hitting a loader tooth with a hammer (in an attempt to loosen and remove the pin), piece of steel broke off of tooth and punctured right thigh. The fragment was 5mm x 11mm. Worker received two stiches.

2001 · 1 incident

January 15, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS LIFTING A 5 GAL. BUCKET AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.