Mining Incidents

CEMEX - CAMP VERDE: 116 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cemex S A
Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202606

CEMEX - CAMP VERDE has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $99 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1996–2013
Latest incident
Jun 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
116
citations
22
significant & substantial
$34,083
proposed penalties
$30,521
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,562 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
765
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: 765 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CEMEX - CAMP VERDE has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $99 outstanding across 3 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$99
outstanding
116 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-16.
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.
19.0%
significant & substantial
1.7%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
61.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.0% low, 92.2% moderate, 1.7% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 80%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 20%
40%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $7K 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 2015-01-22.
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 2015-0326 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $9K → $6K
WEST 2006-554M Withdrawal Lesnick 2007 $3K → $0
WEST 2006-491M Settlement Lesnick 2007 $2K → $1K
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: 2021-01-20, 5 years ago
10%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz121 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.32 0.86 1.53 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-01-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-01-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-01-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Washer Operator
2018-11-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-11-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 3.29 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.78 0.56 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 0.62 0.98 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-10-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.16 10 0.12 Washer Operator
2016-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-10-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 1.75 0.43 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-01-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-01-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.3 0.29 Washer Operator
2014-01-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.11 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.36 0.12 Truck Driver
2009-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.18 0.17 Washer 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.

CEMEX - CAMP VERDE recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.

Injury rate, 2018
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 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.26 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
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 8.57 8.57 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 19.99 0.00 0.000
2010 * 8.46 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. Superior Companies 1993 to 1997
  2. United Metro Materials 1997 to 2002
  3. RINKER MATERIALS WESTERN INC. 2002 to 2004
  4. RINKER MATERIALS 2004 to 2008
  5. CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 5
2023 5
2022 5
2021 6
2020 7
2019 8
2018 10
2017 10
2016 11
2015 10
2014 11
2013 12
2012 13
2011 10
2010 11
2009 11
2008 12
2007 13
2006 17
2005 18
2004 17
2003 12
2002 13
2001 16
2000 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CEMEX - CAMP VERDE sits in Yavapai County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Yavapai County, Arizona · Population 241,656
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,106
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
2024 Q1 2,815 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,930 1 0 341.3
2023 Q3 3,140 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,093 2 0 646.6
2023 Q1 2,709 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,753 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,926 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,241 0 0 0.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 1,743 1 0 573.7
2021 Q4 3,072 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,569 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,130 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,414 1 0 292.9
2020 Q4 4,295 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,830 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,996 3 0 750.8
2020 Q1 3,828 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,892 3 1 770.8
2019 Q3 4,189 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,126 2 0 390.2
2019 Q1 4,512 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,932 3 1 608.3
2018 Q3 6,107 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,537 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,302 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,976 3 2 602.9
2017 Q3 5,443 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,514 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,448 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,478 1 0 182.5
2016 Q3 6,064 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,425 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,028 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,425 4 0 904.0
2015 Q3 5,470 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,678 3 0 528.4
2015 Q1 4,403 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,449 4 0 734.1
2014 Q3 6,721 9 3 1339.1
2014 Q2 5,527 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,726 7 3 1481.2
2013 Q4 4,880 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,113 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,852 2 0 291.9
2013 Q1 6,488 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,889 3 1 435.5
2012 Q3 6,609 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,017 1 0 110.9
2012 Q1 6,426 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,307 1 0 232.2
2011 Q3 5,042 8 1 1586.7
2011 Q2 5,366 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,299 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,836 3 0 620.3
2010 Q3 9,562 1 0 104.6
2010 Q2 5,681 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,551 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,965 2 1 402.8
2009 Q3 5,500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,120 1 0 163.4
2009 Q1 5,290 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,974 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,017 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,882 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,431 5 2 672.9
2007 Q4 7,068 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,420 4 0 539.1
2007 Q2 6,704 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,345 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,429 2 1 311.1
2006 Q3 6,985 2 0 286.3
2006 Q2 8,078 8 2 990.3
2006 Q1 10,260 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,921 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,640 2 0 207.5
2005 Q2 10,127 2 0 197.5
2005 Q1 6,750 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,234 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,823 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,598 4 1 416.8
2004 Q1 5,297 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,712 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,965 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,851 3 1 437.9
2003 Q1 3,543 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,658 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,007 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,213 5 1 693.2
2002 Q1 7,587 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,292 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,793 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,089 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,585 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 12,516 3 0 239.7
2000 Q3 10,644 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,181 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 9,561 5 0 523.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2013 · 1 incident

June 12, 2013 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assigned to cut aprons off the Rap Screen using a torch. He had unrolled the torch from the truck and hung it so he could reach it. He squatted on the ground to begin cutting metal off the screen when he felt a pop in his right knee.

2011 · 2 incidents

August 16, 2011 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee had been kneeling on his knees doing maintenance work. When employee got up his right knee gave out causing employee to fall to the ground. Employee suffered a strain to the knee.

April 21, 2011 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While working on the screen deck of the crusher, EE turned to his left and lost his footing causing all the weight to shift to the right side. When this occurred EE felt a pop in his right knee.

2010 · 1 incident

2007 · 1 incident

October 18, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
RINKER MATERIALS · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cutting a belt when the knife slipped and lacerated left thumb.

1996 · 1 incident

October 4, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Companies · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS DRIVING A 637D SCRAPER OVER ROUGH GROUND AND BEING JOSTLED AROUND. TIGHTENED SEAT BELT TO AVOID BOUNCING AROUND.