Mining Incidents

Agua Fria #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County, AZ  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0203436

Agua Fria #2 has $250 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$250
proposed penalties
$250
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
6
inspections on record
37
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: 37 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Agua Fria #2 has $250 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$250
proposed penalties
$250
current assessed
$250
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-03-17.
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 114 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 135 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 157 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 129 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 134 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 281 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 262 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 312 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 183 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 214 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 266 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 242 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 227 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 302 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 314 2 0 6369.4
2020 Q4 98 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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