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Apex Pit: 70 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
las vegas, Clark County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602329

Apex Pit has $6K 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
1999–2001
Latest incident
Mar 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,878
proposed penalties
$5,878
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Granite Construction Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
21
inspections on record
405
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: 405 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Apex Pit has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $247 in penalties contested before the Commission, $247 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-08-19.
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.
12.9%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
12.9%
reasonably likely or greater
51.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.1% low, 85.7% moderate, 7.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$247 proposed, $247 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 2007-02-06.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2007-238M Dismissal Weisberger 2007 $247 → $247
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2005-08-04, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-08-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Cleanup Man
2005-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.1 1.95 0.56 Cleanup Man
2003-06-05 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 7.66 10 0.77 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-05 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.98 10 0.20 Truck Driver
2000-11-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.73 3.32 0.22 Bobcat Operator
2000-11-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Motorman
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 Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ 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 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.51 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
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 7.30 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Granite Construction Company 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 0
2007 12
2006 15
2005 13
2004 10
2003 13
2002 9
2001 10
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Apex Pit 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
2008 Q3 0 1 0
2008 Q1 0 1 0
2007 Q4 843 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,986 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,655 3 1 310.7
2007 Q1 5,384 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,372 5 2 1143.6
2006 Q3 8,879 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 6,453 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,830 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,842 8 0 1020.1
2005 Q2 3,480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,480 19 2 5459.8
2004 Q4 5,242 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,449 1 0 183.5
2004 Q2 6,516 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,006 5 1 832.5
2003 Q4 6,823 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,796 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,533 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,774 8 3 1385.5
2002 Q4 7,875 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,488 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,063 3 0 1454.2
2002 Q1 3,488 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,875 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,059 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,593 4 0 606.7
2001 Q1 7,874 1 0 127.0
2000 Q4 4,195 11 0 2622.2
2000 Q3 7,532 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,877 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,440 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2001 · 1 incident

March 8, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AN EE HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHILE CHANGING ANVILS IN A VERTICAL SHAFT IMPACTOR. THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE ANVIL AND STRUCK HIS FOOT.

1999 · 3 incidents

August 11, 1999 NV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEARING A JAM IN JAW CRUSHER, WHEN A LARGE ROCK ROLLED BACK AND CRUSHED THE TIPS ON LEFT MIDDLE OF RING FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

August 8, 1999 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS INSTALLING NEW EQUIPMENT FOR PLANT AND WHILE LIFTING CHUTE PLATES, INJURED HIS BACK.

March 1, 1999 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING SEVERAL BOLTS ON A 5 X 16 CEDAR RAPIDS SCREEN WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RT HAND.