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Crusher 1: 48 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Miami, Gila County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202503

Crusher 1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1993. MSHA has proposed $9K in penalties since 2000.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–2016
Latest incident
Jan 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
48
citations
17
significant & substantial
$8,691
proposed penalties
$8,691
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Freeport McMoRan Miami Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
438
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: 438 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher 1 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $619 in penalties contested before the Commission, $619 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-16.
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.
35.4%
significant & substantial
6.2%
high negligence or reckless
35.4%
reasonably likely or greater
56.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.2% low, 89.6% moderate, 6.2% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 3 · 100%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$619 proposed, $619 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 2017-03-22.
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 2015-0321 Dismissal Lesnick 2015 $343 → $343
WEST 2017-0310 Default Lesnick 2017 $276 → $276
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: 2013-03-26, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-03-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.57 0.21 Laborer, Bullgang
2013-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2015-10-06, 11 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2015-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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.
Ownership history
  1. Kessen & Kessen Inc 1989 to 2025
  2. Freeport McMoRan Miami Inc 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 3
2024 3
2023 4
2022 4
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 6
2005 3
2004 4
2003 5
2002 6
2001 5
2000 4
1999 6
1998 5
1997 4
1996 6
1995 4
1994 4
1993 6
1992 6
1991 5
1990 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Crusher 1 sits in Gila County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 5.8% 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.
Gila County, Arizona · Population 53,610
5.8%
Mining share of county employment
$59,089
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 112 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 459 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 356 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 502 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 472 2 0 4237.3
2024 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 430 0 0 0.0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 382 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 416 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 508 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 494 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 424 1 0 2358.5
2022 Q1 516 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 492 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 322 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 308 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 305 2 0 6557.4
2020 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 490 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 502 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 700 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 414 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 476 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 420 2 0 4761.9
2019 Q1 430 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 422 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 424 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 894 1 0 1118.6
2017 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 888 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 716 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 856 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,222 1 1 818.3
2016 Q3 422 2 1 4739.3
2016 Q2 884 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,276 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,208 3 1 2483.4
2015 Q3 957 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,082 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,086 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 768 5 3 6510.4
2014 Q3 568 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,286 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,058 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,150 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 798 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 798 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 274 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 246 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 1 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 449 1 0 2227.2
2011 Q1 901 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,153 3 1 2601.9
2010 Q3 827 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,372 1 0 728.9
2010 Q1 1,089 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 1,087 6 1 5519.8
2009 Q2 1,261 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 302 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,710 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,203 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,209 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 2,209 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,677 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,529 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,900 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,779 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,783 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,183 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,201 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,018 1 0 982.3
2002 Q3 4,363 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,320 3 1 1293.1
2002 Q1 2,583 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,712 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,062 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,042 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,374 4 2 1185.5
2000 Q3 1,501 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,017 9 6 4462.1
2000 Q1 1,680 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2016 · 1 incident

January 27, 2016 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Kessen & Kessen Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Kesson and Kesson Inc. employed two temporary laborers to work at their Silica Crushing Plant on FMI Miami property. The two employees engaged in conversation which resulted into a physical altercation where the second employee struck the injured employee in the mouth, resulting in a laceration to IE's lower lip.

1993 · 1 incident

January 26, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kessen & Kessen Inc · Struck by flying object

LARGE ROCK STUCK IN CRUSHER AND WHEN HE TRIED PRYIN GIT LOOSE, ANOTHER ROCK FELL OUT OF THE FEEDE RONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT.