Mining Incidents

ARMCO Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Loren M Brown
Buckeye, Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0203419

ARMCO has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
39
citations
16
significant & substantial
$8,177
proposed penalties
$8,026
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
21
inspections on record
218
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: 218 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ARMCO has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
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 6,680 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,064 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,301 1 0 158.7
2025 Q1 9,325 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,613 4 0 525.4
2024 Q3 6,401 4 2 624.9
2024 Q2 8,625 1 0 115.9
2024 Q1 8,460 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,307 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,622 6 2 1067.2
2023 Q2 6,790 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,684 9 6 1346.5
2022 Q4 7,737 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,106 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,676 2 0 260.6
2022 Q1 6,598 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,458 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,033 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,092 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,859 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,609 1 0 217.0
2020 Q3 4,775 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,569 1 1 218.9
2020 Q1 4,383 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,408 9 5 2640.8
2019 Q3 678 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

August 19, 2023 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker MACHINERY
Arizona Native Aggregate · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a piece of hard plastic flashing with a grinder/cutting wheel when it kicked back and struck EE in the right upper leg.

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