Cottonwood Pit has $2K 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
3
Years on record
2016–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
17
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,880
proposed penalties
$1,880
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
11
inspections on record
44
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: 44 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cottonwood Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-14.
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 Q3
1,088
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
2,973
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,888
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
1,174
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
321
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,587
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,362
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,336
0
0
0.0
Show 13 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4
1,220
3
1
2459.0
2018 Q3
255
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,253
1
0
307.4
2018 Q1
834
1
0
1199.0
2017 Q4
1,014
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,100
2
0
1818.2
2017 Q2
1,383
2
0
1446.1
2017 Q1
1,209
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1,450
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,116
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,555
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,538
7
2
2758.1
2012 Q2
3,664
1
1
272.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2025 · 1 incident
October 2, 2025NM · Metal/Non-Metaloutside foreman, leadmanELECTRICAL
EE was working in an electrical panel while setting up a new crushing facility. The breaker below the one EE was working on blew up and burnt EE's hand. The manager of the facility was nearby and took EE to the hospital.
2019 · 1 incident
August 24, 2019NM · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Materials, LLP · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The employee was helping to change out a belt on the overhead conveyor. As EE was holding the shaft, it slipped out of EE's hand pinching the right hand between the frame and the shaft. The 4th finger on EE's right hand was smashed and had a laceration from the impact.
2016 · 1 incident
February 24, 2016NM · Metal/Non-Metaloutside foreman, leadmanMACHINERY
United Materials, LLP · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
After lock out tag out of the equipment, the employee climbed to an area to be able to reach the rock that had the machine jammed. Upon releasing the rock, the rotor rolled toward the employee catching right foot forcing toes toward calf.
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