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CEMEX - QUEEN CREEK: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cemex S A
QUEEN CREEK, Pinal County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202316

CEMEX - QUEEN CREEK has $12K 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
8
Years on record
1989–2004
Latest incident
Aug 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
42
citations
18
significant & substantial
$11,971
proposed penalties
$11,971
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See CEMEX Construction Materials South LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
24
inspections on record
347
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: 347 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 - QUEEN CREEK has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-04-15.
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.
43.9%
significant & substantial
2.4%
high negligence or reckless
43.9%
reasonably likely or greater
65.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.2% low, 85.4% moderate, 2.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2010-04-15, 16 years ago
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz61 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.46 1.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.77 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.04 0.20 Washer Operator
2004-04-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-04-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.42 0.15 Mechanic
2003-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.58 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.79 0.17 Truck Driver
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 - QUEEN CREEK recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ 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 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.99 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
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 5.20 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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. Johnson-Stewart-Johnson Mining Company Inc 1986 to 1986
  2. Blue Circle West 1986 to 1989
  3. B C W Inc 1989 to 1990
  4. Sunward Materials 1990 to 2001
  5. CEMEX Construction Materials, Inc. 2001 to 2001
  6. Cemex 2001 to 2006
  7. Cemex Construction Materials LP 2006 to 2008
  8. CEMEX Construction Materials South LLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 0
2013 0
2012 0
2011 5
2010 8
2009 10
2008 18
2007 22
2006 19
2005 18
2004 14
2003 9
2002 9
2001 13
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CEMEX - QUEEN CREEK sits in Pinal County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Pinal County, Arizona · Population 449,219
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$77,588
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
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q2 3,377 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,413 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,363 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,538 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,953 2 2 505.9
2010 Q1 3,396 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,030 2 0 496.3
2009 Q3 2,632 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,774 1 0 209.5
2009 Q1 7,174 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,821 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,213 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,978 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 9,527 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,022 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,067 3 2 271.1
2007 Q2 11,850 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,627 1 1 115.9
2006 Q4 8,425 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,152 1 0 122.7
2006 Q2 9,589 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 10,034 10 3 996.6
2005 Q4 9,483 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,385 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 10,329 3 2 290.4
2005 Q1 9,505 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,818 1 0 92.4
2004 Q3 10,037 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,774 1 1 102.3
2004 Q1 7,824 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,987 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,469 2 1 447.5
2003 Q2 4,045 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,718 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,936 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,059 2 0 395.3
2002 Q2 6,250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,634 6 4 694.9
2001 Q3 6,479 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,835 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,532 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,890 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,338 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,566 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,431 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2004 · 1 incident

August 26, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cemex · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was replacing screens on the wash plant and was tightening screen bolts. He then later started complaining about shoulder soreness.

2003 · 1 incident

July 30, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cemex · Struck against stationary object

OPERATOR FAILURE TO DEENERGIZE EQUIPMENT BEFORE INSPECTION AND FAILURE TO KEEP FROM HARMS WAY. STRUCK RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST RETURN ROLLER.

2002 · 2 incidents

May 6, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cemex · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE RUBBER SNUBBERS ON THE CRUSHER SCREEN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AS HE WAS REPLACING THEM HE DISCOVERED THE RUBBER NEEDED TO BE TRIMMED A 1/4". AS HE WAS TRIMMING, THE LAST CUT DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESISTANCE & THE BLADE PROCEEDED TO CUT HIS UPPER LEFT LEG THAT REQUIRED 7 STITCHES.

April 2, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Cemex · Contact with hot objects or substances

OPERATOR WAS USING A TORCH AND A PIECE OF SLAG FELL DOWN-BURNED A HOLE IN PANT, LEG AND FELL INSIDE OF HIS BOOT. OPERATOR SUSTAINED 2ND DEGREE BURN ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

1990 · 3 incidents

October 15, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunward Materials · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPL LEANED AGAINST CHAIN BROW 3/8".CHAIN BROKE CAUSING EMPL TO FALL FROM CRUSHER WALKWAY TO FRAME AND THEN ONTO GROUND.DISTANCE FALLEN 12' ,THE FRAME IS 5'8" ABOVE GROUND.

August 26, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B C W Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A PLATE ON DISCHARGE CONVEYOR WHEN HIS KNEE POPPED.HE WAS GOING TO MAKE SIDE BOARDS BY WELDING THE PLATE.EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR AND RELEASED BACK TO WORK WITH NO TIME LO ST ON SAME DAY-EMPLOYEE HAD OUTPATIENT SURGERY ON 09-27-90.

July 16, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B C W Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL LOADING ROCK GRIZZLEY ONTO FLAT BED TRAILER.TURNED HIS BODY AND LEFT KNEE POPPED.

1989 · 1 incident

May 4, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Circle West · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS LOADING CONVEYOR SECTIONS ONTO TRUCK SECTION OF CONVEYOR FELL ON EMPLS LEFT LEG & GROKE LEG.