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.
266 citations across 1,525 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Apex Landfill has $138K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 13 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.
$138K
proposed penalties
$80K
current assessed
$80K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
262 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
Of $96K in penalties contested before the Commission, $35K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-05.
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.
33citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
Settled
30 · 91%
Vacated or withdrawn
3 · 9%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
63%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$96K proposed, $35K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2023-11-20.
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: 2024-01-30
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz101 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-08-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.9
1.22
1.56
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-01-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-01-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Oiler, Greaser
2020-07-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
1.61
0.42
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-09-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
1.3
0.46
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-09-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Electrician
2014-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
1.38
0.25
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-07-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-01-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
1.17
0.40
Cleanup Man
2013-01-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
1.27
0.28
Mechanic
2009-10-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.55
0.14
Cleanup Man
2009-10-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Cleanup Man
2006-01-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
1.59
0.26
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-08-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.4
1.68
0.83
Laborer, Bullgang
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2015-08-28, 11 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2015-08-28
Fibers, >5um
0
SF SHOP
2015-08-28
Fibers, >5um
0
SF ORE TRANSFER
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.
Apex Landfill recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.25 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
2.90
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
19
2025
25
2024
33
2023
36
2022
33
2021
35
2020
29
2019
38
2018
39
2017
30
2016
29
2015
22
2014
24
2013
24
2012
19
2011
19
2010
27
2009
27
2008
27
2007
27
2006
36
2005
38
2004
29
2003
27
2002
23
2001
26
2000
32
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Apex Landfill sits in Clark County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Clark County, Nevada · Population 2,293,764
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,845
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
2026 Q2
10,542
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
8,712
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
8,387
2
0
238.5
2025 Q3
12,486
2
0
160.2
2025 Q2
17,531
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
13,004
2
0
153.8
2024 Q4
12,796
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
13,797
3
0
217.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
21,326
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
20,955
3
0
143.2
2023 Q4
19,947
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
18,823
2
0
106.3
2023 Q2
18,575
3
0
161.5
2023 Q1
16,043
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
16,769
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
15,970
3
0
187.9
2022 Q2
18,032
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
18,477
2
0
108.2
2021 Q4
13,830
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
19,152
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
23,470
5
0
213.0
2021 Q1
15,853
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
15,045
4
0
265.9
2020 Q3
16,702
6
1
359.2
2020 Q2
14,684
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
14,690
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
18,761
6
1
319.8
2019 Q3
21,734
2
0
92.0
2019 Q2
19,043
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
17,226
1
0
58.1
2018 Q4
21,600
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
19,197
3
2
156.3
2018 Q2
23,653
2
1
84.6
2018 Q1
14,999
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
13,964
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
20,829
2
1
96.0
2017 Q2
12,241
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
14,339
2
0
139.5
2016 Q4
15,274
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
16,793
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
18,233
9
4
493.6
2016 Q1
10,369
7
0
675.1
2015 Q4
9,855
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
12,577
2
0
159.0
2015 Q2
11,510
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
11,547
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
11,922
6
0
503.3
2014 Q3
13,218
5
0
378.3
2014 Q2
12,625
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
11,615
4
1
344.4
2013 Q4
11,828
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
12,356
7
1
566.5
2013 Q2
12,715
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
12,594
11
2
873.4
2012 Q4
10,076
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
9,234
3
1
324.9
2012 Q2
11,504
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
8,749
2
0
228.6
2011 Q4
9,896
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
9,242
3
0
324.6
2011 Q2
8,903
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
11,255
2
0
177.7
2010 Q4
12,519
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
16,286
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
13,394
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
13,810
2
0
144.8
2009 Q4
12,231
1
0
81.8
2009 Q3
14,883
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
12,777
3
0
234.8
2009 Q1
15,350
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
15,808
6
1
379.6
2008 Q3
16,499
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
14,221
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
10,406
9
1
864.9
2007 Q4
14,462
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
15,213
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
11,549
4
1
346.4
2007 Q1
17,770
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
14,930
3
0
200.9
2006 Q3
19,346
1
1
51.7
2006 Q2
17,248
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
21,433
3
0
140.0
2005 Q4
19,132
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
18,227
20
1
1097.3
2005 Q2
21,301
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
23,677
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
14,524
16
5
1101.6
2004 Q3
14,014
3
2
214.1
2004 Q2
13,642
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
13,582
3
0
220.9
2003 Q4
14,171
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
11,821
4
0
338.4
2003 Q2
13,971
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
13,611
11
2
808.2
2002 Q4
11,320
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
10,941
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
9,828
10
6
1017.5
2002 Q1
8,167
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
12,583
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
18,010
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
14,928
5
0
334.9
2001 Q1
11,524
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
16,281
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
10,325
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
14,142
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
14,765
7
2
474.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
21 on file
2024 · 1 incident
April 12, 2024NV · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The operator was climbing down a ladder on a 980XE CAT loader. Operator misjudged the last step and fell backwards to the ground approximately 3'. Operator sustained a left wrist fracture.
The Driver backed up to dump at the dump site, he lifted the bed to dump and the berm gave way and truck went over the berm backwards, when the driver was removed from the cab he complained of back pain. EMS Transported Miner to the hospital.
2011 · 1 incident
August 30, 2011NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Las Vegas Paving Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Clearing 30" rock from feeder and got foot smashed between the rock and track hoe bucket in efforts to remove rock.
EE was stepping out of lube truck # 172160 and stepped on a rock twisting his ankle.
2009 · 2 incidents
December 29, 2009NV · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While exiting equipment he lost hand hold and slip tripped.
February 14, 2009NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was getting out of Bulk truck. As he went to get down he lost his grip and fell to the ground. Employee went to emergency room and was told he was ok. Still suffering from pain 3 days later he went to doctor who found a fractured rib. Doctor released him to work. Still in pain 2 weeks later he went to doctor on 1-29-08 and was told to take a week off.
2007 · 1 incident
March 7, 2007NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EE gasses up a air compressor at start of his shift. spitting some gas while fueling on his right hand. after fueling up air compressor. He went over to tother area to start a project, which required to use a torch. When he struck the starter to light the cutting torch a spark hit his right hand, causing it to burn his hand that the fuel spilled on. He went to umc burn right
2005 · 2 incidents
June 20, 2005NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE GOT ON THE LAND CONVEYER TO GREASE THE HEAD PULLEY, WHEN HE WAS DONE GREASING, HE TRIPPED TO GET OFF AND SLIPPED OFF THE BELT FRAME, WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND HIS LEFT KNEE GAVE OUT.
1999 · 2 incidents
November 3, 1999NV · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
PLANT WAS IN CONSTRUCTION PHASE. THE ELECTRICIAN WAS TESTING DIRECTION OF MOTORS, LABOR UNKNOWINGLY TO ELECTRICIAN, CLIMBED ONTO BELT TO MEASURE ITS LENGTH. BELT WAS TURNED ON, EE WAS THROWN O FF THE END OF THE CONVEYOR FALLING 25' ONTO A WATER PULL TRUCK AND THEN TO THE GROUND 8', INJURING HIS SHOULDER, ELBOW & RIBS.