Mining Incidents

Cooley Knoll Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by E Kay Perkins
Taylor, Navajo County, AZ  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 0202969

Cooley Knoll Pit has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Apr 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
89
citations
28
significant & substantial
$9,755
proposed penalties
$9,755
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
45
inspections on record
474
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: 474 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cooley Knoll Pit has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-27.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 693 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,108 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 3,626 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 829 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,059 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,284 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,352 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,080 1 0 925.9
2020 Q3 1,801 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 789 5 0 6337.1
2020 Q1 1,369 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 726 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 788 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 714 2 0 2801.1
2019 Q1 881 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 897 3 1 3344.5
2018 Q3 707 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 859 1 0 1164.1
2018 Q1 502 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 558 2 1 3584.2
2017 Q3 1,015 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 707 1 1 1414.4
2017 Q1 645 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 946 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,161 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 703 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,120 4 1 3571.4
2015 Q4 882 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 667 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,763 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,270 2 0 881.1
2014 Q4 1,021 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 921 8 3 8686.2
2014 Q2 2,872 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 242 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 568 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 273 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 508 3 2 5905.5
2012 Q3 690 3 2 4347.8
2012 Q2 755 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 509 1 0 1964.6
2011 Q4 458 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 664 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,114 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 395 4 1 10126.6
2010 Q4 435 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,247 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 689 7 5 10159.7
2010 Q1 708 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 821 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 645 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 855 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 925 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 993 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 852 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 641 2 0 3120.1
2007 Q1 449 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 596 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 497 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 496 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 126 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 597 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 534 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,283 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 646 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,120 7 2 6250.0
2004 Q3 1,134 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 815 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 651 3 2 4608.3
2003 Q1 2,328 11 4 4725.1
2002 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 275 9 1 32727.3
2002 Q1 211 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

April 27, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perkins Cinders, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE changing air filter on loader. The hood fell smashing his left hand. Hand swollen & bruised.

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