1012 Queen Creek #3 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2023
Latest incident
Nov 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
96
citations
31
significant & substantial
$18,098
proposed penalties
$17,473
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $625 gap.
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 697 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-11-26.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
1012 Queen Creek #3 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$18K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
91 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-10-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
34citations taken to the federal commission · 35% of citations on record
Settled
12 · 35%
Stood as issued
16 · 47%
Vacated or withdrawn
6 · 18%
75%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 16 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $8K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2023-12-14.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2022-03-31, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2022-03-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.63
0.64
0.98
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
0.59
0.71
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-07-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.6
0.62
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.1
0.12
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
1.49
0.30
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.72
2.38
0.30
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2024
5
2023
6
2022
7
2021
7
2020
9
2019
7
2018
7
2017
7
2016
5
2015
4
2014
5
2013
7
2012
4
2011
1
2010
5
2009
1
2008
3
2007
4
2006
3
2005
3
2004
1
2003
1
2002
0
2001
5
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
1012 Queen Creek #3 sits in Pinal County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pinal County, Arizona · Population 449,219
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$77,588
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1
2,609
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
2,521
7
0
2776.7
2023 Q3
2,521
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
2,686
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
3,203
1
0
312.2
2022 Q4
2,765
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
3,164
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
3,034
2
1
659.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1
3,703
2
0
540.1
2021 Q4
3,818
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
3,301
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,978
2
1
502.8
2021 Q1
4,064
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
4,102
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
4,156
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
4,493
2
1
445.1
2020 Q1
6,001
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
5,267
3
1
569.6
2019 Q3
4,252
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,127
1
0
470.1
2019 Q1
2,872
3
2
1044.6
2018 Q4
2,684
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
2,869
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,487
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,475
3
1
670.4
2017 Q4
4,900
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,733
1
0
267.9
2017 Q2
3,790
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,223
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1,793
2
0
1115.4
2016 Q3
2,523
2
0
792.7
2016 Q2
2,501
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,039
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,874
1
0
533.6
2015 Q3
1,910
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,518
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,168
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,462
7
4
4788.0
2014 Q3
1,523
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,825
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,524
2
2
1312.3
2013 Q4
4,033
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,718
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,724
3
0
1101.3
2013 Q1
97
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
97
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,015
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
626
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
919
6
1
6528.8
2011 Q4
1,893
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
0
1
0
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
1,305
3
1
2298.9
2010 Q4
1,192
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
4,534
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,908
9
4
3094.9
2010 Q1
2,217
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,312
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
489
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
811
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
553
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
976
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
480
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
1,267
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,505
7
0
1997.1
2007 Q1
2,268
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,104
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
818
1
0
1222.5
2006 Q2
1,881
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,177
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
2,213
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
3,689
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,089
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,089
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,870
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
0
4
1
2004 Q2
0
7
5
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
0
0
0
2003 Q3
0
1
0
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
1,835
9
5
4904.6
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
2,396
1
0
417.4
2001 Q3
1,660
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,209
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,281
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,216
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,176
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,265
2
0
883.0
2000 Q1
3,399
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2023 · 1 incident
November 9, 2023AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The miner had asked for assistance with lifting a large chunk of concrete out of a cone crusher, but the loader operator they were working with was busy, so the miner decided to lift it out themselves. Back strain. Lost time accident as of 10/08/2019.
2014 · 1 incident
March 14, 2014AZ · Metal/Non-Metaloutside foreman, leadmanPOWERED HAULAGE
The employee was operating a crane when it lost power, rolled backwards, hit a berm with the rear right tire and tilted on its side. The employee was injured by metal in the cab. The employee sustained a hand injury, sought medical attention and received stitches.