Mining Incidents

BLACK HILL PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Zeller's · Surface
Yuma, Yuma County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202807

BLACK HILL PIT has $73K 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
3
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Jan 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
142
citations
64
significant & substantial
$73,427
proposed penalties
$73,427
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
419
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: 419 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BLACK HILL PIT has $73K 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.
$73K
proposed penalties
$73K
current assessed
$73K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
141 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-09-05.
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
2012 Q4 553 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,940 17 10 8762.9
2012 Q2 1,742 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,951 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,840 15 11 8152.2
2011 Q3 1,788 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,766 6 6 3397.5
2011 Q1 1,048 0 0 0.0
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4 1,417 3 1 2117.1
2010 Q3 2,627 1 0 380.7
2010 Q2 3,131 8 5 2555.1
2010 Q1 2,924 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,368 3 0 890.7
2009 Q3 3,652 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,156 2 0 481.2
2009 Q1 4,166 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,341 1 0 187.2
2008 Q3 4,453 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,246 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,415 2 1 311.8
2007 Q4 5,885 3 0 509.8
2007 Q3 5,095 9 3 1766.4
2007 Q2 5,415 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,225 16 6 3062.2
2006 Q4 5,448 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,692 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,852 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,078 5 0 984.6
2005 Q4 5,517 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,568 4 1 718.4
2005 Q2 7,876 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,810 10 3 1721.2
2004 Q4 7,248 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,023 20 12 2492.8
2004 Q2 9,777 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,261 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,377 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,327 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,998 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,309 9 4 1426.5
2002 Q4 8,142 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,948 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,289 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,461 5 1 670.2
2001 Q4 6,121 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,035 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,586 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,062 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,661 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,626 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,893 3 0 435.2
2000 Q1 3,268 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 1 incident

January 30, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Zeller's · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS TYING DOWN A TARP ON THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING. HE STEPPED ON AN OIL SPOT, SLIPPED & FELL.

2001 · 1 incident

March 26, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Zeller's · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS MAINTAINING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND. EE RECIEVED FIRST AID.

2000 · 1 incident

May 2, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Zeller's · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING BELTS ON CONE CRUSHER, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND FINGER WAS INJURED.

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