Mining Incidents

Bonito Metal/Non-Metal

Kalamazoo Materials · Surface
Oracle, Pinal County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202318

Bonito has $83K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1987–1995
Latest incident
May 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
159
citations
60
significant & substantial
$82,769
proposed penalties
$70,111
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,658 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
63
inspections on record
750
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: 750 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bonito has $83K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$83K
proposed penalties
$70K
current assessed
$70K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
159 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-04-06.
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
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 1 0
2023 Q1 1,103 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 191 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 177 4 2 22598.9
2022 Q1 434 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
Show 87 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q3 206 8 6 38835.0
2021 Q2 226 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 412 2 1 4854.4
2020 Q4 753 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 572 3 1 5244.8
2020 Q1 980 5 0 5102.0
2019 Q4 1,104 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,285 3 0 2334.6
2019 Q2 1,285 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,134 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,112 3 0 2697.8
2018 Q3 1,035 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,336 2 2 1497.0
2018 Q1 1,971 2 0 1014.7
2017 Q4 1,466 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,831 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,900 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,752 1 0 570.8
2016 Q4 1,733 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,932 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,950 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,935 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,785 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,902 5 1 2628.8
2015 Q2 1,923 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,945 2 0 1028.3
2014 Q4 1,958 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,999 7 4 3501.8
2014 Q2 1,921 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,585 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,239 1 0 807.1
2013 Q3 2,506 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,536 5 1 1971.6
2013 Q1 1,964 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,220 3 1 1351.4
2012 Q3 2,231 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,370 4 2 1687.8
2012 Q1 1,795 5 4 2785.5
2011 Q4 1,497 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,006 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,379 5 2 2101.7
2011 Q1 1,792 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,782 8 2 4489.3
2010 Q3 2,529 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,788 11 7 3945.5
2010 Q1 2,366 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,474 8 5 2302.8
2009 Q3 5,896 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,167 13 4 4104.8
2009 Q1 2,928 4 0 1366.1
2008 Q4 2,802 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,166 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,218 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,151 5 3 1586.8
2007 Q4 3,323 6 2 1805.6
2007 Q3 4,005 2 0 499.4
2007 Q2 3,935 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,903 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,202 3 0 936.9
2006 Q3 1,411 1 0 708.7
2006 Q2 2,888 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,207 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,770 7 1 1856.8
2005 Q3 3,962 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,734 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,004 1 0 249.8
2004 Q4 3,803 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,998 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,644 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,767 3 1 796.4
2003 Q4 4,391 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,717 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,193 4 4 954.0
2003 Q1 5,920 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,403 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,582 4 2 607.7
2002 Q2 5,614 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,027 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,151 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,375 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,079 8 2 1130.1
2001 Q1 7,925 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,456 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,692 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,365 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,553 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1995 · 1 incident

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 3 incidents

March 24, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kalamazoo Materials · Struck against a moving object

DURING COURSE OF DAY HIT KNEE.

March 16, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Kalamazoo Materials · Flash burns (welding)

FLASH BURNS FROM WELDING.

March 14, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kalamazoo Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDER WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF GRINDER.

1988 · 1 incident

March 28, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kalamazoo Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE SAID THAT HE CAUGHT HIS KNEE ON SCREN WIRE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER PLEASE NOT THAT UPON INVESTIGATION FROM SUPERVISOR NO WIRE WAS PRESENT REPORT ALSO FILLED WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION & VALIDITY OF CLAIM HAS BEEN DOUBLTED

1987 · 2 incidents

November 30, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kalamazoo Materials · Struck against stationary object

REMOVING SCREEN3FROM SCREEN BOX HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP SCREEN,HARD HAT THEN FELL OFF OF HEAD,PROCEEDED TO MOVE SCREEN INTO LOAD BUCKET WITHOUT HARD HAT. WHEN HE WENT TO RETRIEVE HARD HAT HE H T HEAD(CENTER) 2N MATERIAL CHUTE.RESULTING IN 2" CUT.

February 27, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall helper, highwall drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kalamazoo Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS CHAN1ING A BOLT ON THE 966 LOADER TRACTOR WHEN THE CUTTING EDGE SPUN CUTTING THROUGH HIS GLOVE TO HIS PALM.

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The full compliance file on Bonito

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.