A miner was turning a pipe with a pipe wrench in one hand, and their other hand on the top of the pipe where an elbow was located. The pipe turned faster than the miner expected, and the miners thumb got caught in the elbow, bending it back.
Bonanza Process Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Bonanza Process Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2023–2025
- Latest incident
- Oct 2025
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Bonanza Process Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 10,012 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 10,492 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 7,836 | 4 | 0 | 510.5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 7,153 | 2 | 0 | 279.6 |
| 2024 Q4 | 9,240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 11,161 | 6 | 1 | 537.6 |
| 2024 Q2 | 11,699 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 12,068 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 11,211 | 2 | 0 | 178.4 |
| 2023 Q3 | 10,820 | 3 | 0 | 277.3 |
| 2023 Q2 | 10,449 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 10,042 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 11,274 | 6 | 0 | 532.2 |
| 2022 Q3 | 10,877 | 3 | 0 | 275.8 |
| 2022 Q2 | 8,361 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 9,481 | 1 | 0 | 105.5 |
| 2021 Q4 | 8,452 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 9,031 | 1 | 0 | 110.7 |
| 2021 Q2 | 7,691 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 6,762 | 3 | 0 | 443.7 |
| 2020 Q4 | 6,331 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 6,042 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 7,500 | 3 | 0 | 400.0 |
Reportable incidents
5 on file2025 · 3 incidents
A miner was conducting an inspection on an agitator. As the agitator turned, a bolt contacted the miner's finger, resulting in lacerations.
A miner was stripping electrical wires with a utility knife. The knife came out of the insulation as the miner pulled it down and came into contact with EE's right wrist, cutting the arm.
2024 · 1 incident
Employee was changing to go home. Took sock off, stood up and hit head on open locker door.
2023 · 1 incident
Heavy ring fell forward while being removed, employee tried to stop it and pinched a finger between two pieces of metal.
The full compliance file on Bonanza Process Plant
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.