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BLT Companies Materials Plant: 164 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

BLT Companies LLLP · Surface
YUMA, Yuma County, AZ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0202961

BLT Companies Materials Plant has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2023
Latest incident
Jul 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
164
citations
45
significant & substantial
$44,073
proposed penalties
$36,531
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,542 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See BLT Companies LLLP's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
69
inspections on record
1,069
inspection hours
15.3
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.
164 citations across 1,069 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BLT Companies Materials Plant has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
163 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $15K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-27.
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.
27.6%
significant & substantial
5.5%
high negligence or reckless
27.6%
reasonably likely or greater
54.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.6% low, 85.9% moderate, 5.5% 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.
36 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Settled 29 · 81%
  • Stood as issued 7 · 19%
92%
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 13 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$15K proposed, $8K 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 2024-11-13.
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 2025-0057 Settlement Simonton 2025 $10K → $3K
WEST 2007-716M Dismissal Lesnick 2009 $1K → $1K
WEST 2012-556M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $1K → $1K
WEST 2021-0006 Settlement Miller 2021 $846 → $846
WEST 2007-715M Settlement Lesnick 2007 $700 → $700
WEST 2007-154M Settlement Lesnick 2007 $700 → $60
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: 2026-05-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (19)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2026-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2022-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2022-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.79 0.37 Washer Operator
2018-03-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-03-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 Laborer, Bullgang
2012-10-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 2 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.52 0.31 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
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.

BLT Companies Materials Plant 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 Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.81 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 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 5.48 5.48 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.
Ownership history
  1. BLT Companies LLC 2002 to 2012
  2. BLT Companies LLLP 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 26
2025 25
2024 24
2023 21
2022 21
2021 19
2020 16
2019 16
2018 15
2017 14
2016 14
2015 17
2014 14
2013 12
2012 14
2011 14
2010 13
2009 13
2008 17
2007 15
2006 15
2005 13
2004 12
2003 9
2002 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BLT Companies Materials Plant sits in Yuma County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Yuma County, Arizona · Population 207,685
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,417
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 11,650 1 0 85.8
2026 Q1 11,677 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 11,163 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,933 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 11,778 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11,738 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,898 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 11,617 12 1 1033.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,770 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11,278 10 5 886.7
2023 Q4 10,237 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,947 15 7 1676.5
2023 Q2 8,843 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,489 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,878 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,702 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,241 1 0 97.6
2022 Q1 10,864 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 9,285 1 0 107.7
2021 Q3 9,922 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 10,932 6 0 548.8
2021 Q1 10,101 4 0 396.0
2020 Q4 8,629 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,032 2 1 221.4
2020 Q2 8,561 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,925 1 0 126.2
2019 Q4 7,357 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,389 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,036 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 8,053 13 3 1614.3
2018 Q4 6,686 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,659 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,122 4 0 561.6
2018 Q1 6,769 2 0 295.5
2017 Q4 6,885 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,785 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,997 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,196 3 2 416.9
2016 Q4 7,196 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,833 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,018 4 0 570.0
2016 Q1 7,056 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,605 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,269 2 0 241.9
2015 Q2 9,009 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 8,787 4 1 455.2
2014 Q4 8,183 3 2 366.6
2014 Q3 3,461 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,627 1 0 150.9
2014 Q1 5,363 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,229 4 0 765.0
2013 Q3 5,743 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,798 2 0 344.9
2013 Q1 5,589 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,837 4 1 685.3
2012 Q3 6,294 13 5 2065.5
2012 Q2 6,874 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,560 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,206 9 5 1450.2
2011 Q3 6,141 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,756 3 1 521.2
2011 Q1 6,505 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,737 3 0 522.9
2010 Q3 6,142 1 0 162.8
2010 Q2 6,284 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,567 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 841 5 0 5945.3
2009 Q3 6,693 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,436 2 0 310.8
2009 Q1 6,619 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,512 1 0 133.1
2008 Q3 9,829 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,664 2 0 261.0
2008 Q1 8,329 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,693 1 0 149.4
2007 Q3 6,843 1 0 146.1
2007 Q2 6,969 11 4 1578.4
2007 Q1 7,064 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,756 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,016 2 1 249.5
2006 Q2 9,532 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,238 1 0 121.4
2005 Q4 7,678 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,950 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,981 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,867 1 0 145.6
2004 Q4 7,551 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,275 4 4 549.8
2004 Q2 5,686 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,848 2 0 412.5
2003 Q4 4,407 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,581 1 1 218.3
2003 Q2 4,922 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,742 1 1 267.2
2002 Q4 3,160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,712 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,234 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,186 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2023 · 1 incident

July 17, 2023 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
BLT Companies LLLP · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Miner reached into tail pulley of the overland conveyor belt to remove debris on belt at which time the belt was started and pulled miners right arm into pulley causing the loss of right arm. There was 3 other miners working with victim, they got individual away from conveyor called 911 and got EE stabilized.

2003 · 1 incident

March 3, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BLT Companies LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE OF A TRACKHOE BUCKET WHEN HE FELL OUT ONTO THE GROUND. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE FEEDER.

2002 · 1 incident

November 22, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
BLT Companies LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING A DITCH AT THE WET PLANT.