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Airport Pit Metal/Non-Metal

CKC CONSTRUCTION · Surface
Safford, Graham County, AZ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0201221

Airport Pit has $111K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2006–2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
282
citations
110
significant & substantial
$110,869
proposed penalties
$96,364
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,505 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
1,029
inspection hours
27.4
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.
282 citations across 1,029 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Airport Pit has $111K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 8 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.
$111K
proposed penalties
$97K
current assessed
$96K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
281 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 4,690 3 0 639.7
2025 Q3 3,957 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,982 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,479 2 0 446.5
2024 Q4 5,319 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,215 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,159 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,868 3 0 1046.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,139 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,543 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,220 1 0 237.0
2022 Q4 3,231 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,365 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,194 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,115 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,766 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,020 1 0 495.0
2021 Q2 2,085 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,479 1 1 403.4
2020 Q4 2,738 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,959 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,478 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,607 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,991 3 1 1003.0
2019 Q3 3,245 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,378 6 3 1776.2
2019 Q1 3,312 4 1 1207.7
2018 Q4 3,433 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,317 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,614 3 1 650.2
2018 Q1 4,111 16 4 3892.0
2017 Q4 2,756 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,781 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,254 15 6 4609.7
2017 Q1 2,424 2 1 825.1
2016 Q4 2,097 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,073 1 1 932.0
2016 Q2 1,241 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,247 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,546 3 0 1178.3
2015 Q3 2,921 7 1 2396.4
2015 Q2 3,010 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,009 9 6 4479.8
2014 Q4 2,423 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,609 7 4 1939.6
2014 Q2 3,389 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,050 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,590 1 0 278.6
2013 Q3 2,683 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,100 2 0 487.8
2013 Q1 3,598 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,782 11 6 2908.5
2012 Q3 2,588 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,096 5 3 1220.7
2012 Q1 3,515 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,286 7 4 1633.2
2011 Q3 2,393 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,071 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 949 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,712 11 6 2963.4
2010 Q3 1,291 1 0 774.6
2010 Q2 592 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 516 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 472 15 7 31779.7
2009 Q3 852 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,001 1 0 999.0
2009 Q1 1,305 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 720 1 0 1388.9
2008 Q3 1,387 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 572 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 575 8 1 13913.0
2007 Q4 1,642 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,953 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,590 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,798 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,260 5 0 2212.4
2006 Q3 2,020 4 4 1980.2
2006 Q2 821 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,476 1 0 677.5
2005 Q4 1,701 36 17 21164.0
2005 Q3 1,124 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 516 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 761 3 0 3942.2
2004 Q3 843 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 361 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 889 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 301 9 5 29900.3
2003 Q3 1,295 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,049 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 540 21 15 38888.9
2002 Q4 329 28 6 85106.4
2002 Q3 464 9 3 19396.6
2002 Q2 1,517 15 3 9887.9
2002 Q1 1,485 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 489 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,413 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,127 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 782 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 291 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 587 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 621 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 511 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2024 · 1 incident

March 15, 2024 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker POWERED HAULAGE
CKC CONSTRUCTION · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was cleaning mud off a moving conveyor when EE's right middle finger got stuck in the conveyor severing it above the top knuckle.

2010 · 1 incident

February 11, 2010 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman POWERED HAULAGE
CKC Materials Division · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was operating wash plant and got his fourth finger on left hand caught in a conveyor. Took top layer of skin off finger, but no stitches were required.

2007 · 1 incident

June 28, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
CKC Materials Division · Accident type, without injuries

Employee was operating a 651 scraper when he lost control which resulted in the scraper tipping over. Operator was wearing a seatbelt and sustained no injures, but was taken to the hospital to get checked out and was released.

2006 · 2 incidents

November 17, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CKC Materials Division · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to loosen bolt on wash plant with wrench and pulled to hard injuring his shoulder.

June 12, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
CKC Materials Division · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a dozer, hit a bump with the dozer and jarred his back.

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