Mining Incidents

359501 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Raymond Ames
Morenci, Greenlee County, AZ  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0203184

359501 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2009–2024
Latest incident
Dec 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
37
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,791
proposed penalties
$4,791
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
29
inspections on record
319
inspection hours
n/a
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: 319 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

359501 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,477 1 0 677.0
2025 Q3 6,199 2 0 322.6
2025 Q2 1,957 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8,489 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,552 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 12,775 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 9,746 4 1 410.4
2024 Q1 14,234 0 0 0.0
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 12,151 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,551 1 0 104.7
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 1,351 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,509 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,880 4 0 1030.9
2022 Q2 7,630 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9,332 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 9,600 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,000 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,400 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,250 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,250 1 1 137.9
2019 Q3 6,750 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,980 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,834 2 0 255.3
2018 Q4 5,940 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,623 8 4 1049.5
2018 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,420 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,290 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,575 4 0 1118.9
2017 Q1 2,750 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,750 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,719 1 0 211.9
2016 Q2 3,960 1 0 252.5
2015 Q3 8,960 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 11,055 3 0 271.4
2015 Q1 12,960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,123 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,152 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 11,000 2 1 181.8
2009 Q2 6,080 1 0 164.5
2009 Q1 2,820 1 0 354.6
2007 Q4 1,320 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,964 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2024 · 1 incident

December 19, 2024 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman ELECTRICAL
Ames Construction Inc · Flash burns (electric)

At approximately 8:10 a.m. on Thursday December 19th, 2024. The employee was attempting to troubleshoot the Screen #2 Feed located in the Allen-Bradley Cabinet, when an Arc Flash occurred resulting in burns to EE's face.

2015 · 2 incidents

July 21, 2015 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ames Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was cutting belting with a utility knife and cut leg. The knife slipped and cut leg.

March 19, 2015 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Ames Construction Inc · Struck by falling object

The employee was injured when an implement tool dropped onto his Right foot. There were several employees in the process of changing the implement tool when this happened.

2009 · 1 incident

May 3, 2009 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ames Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was replacing screens on a crusher plant. As he tightened a bolt with an impact wrench he got his finger on the end of the bolt. As ee spun the bolt with the impact wrench, the head caused a laceration to the end of his finger.

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The full compliance file on 359501

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.