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Desert Queen Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wade S Ruane
Casa Grande, Pinal County, AZ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0203428

Desert Queen has $7K 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
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
31
citations
5
significant & substantial
$6,571
proposed penalties
$6,571
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
18
inspections on record
204
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: 204 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Desert Queen has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 1,921 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,361 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,193 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,701 3 0 1110.7
2024 Q4 2,806 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,845 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,317 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,379 3 1 1261.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,735 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,827 2 0 1094.7
2023 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,303 10 3 4342.2
2022 Q4 1,401 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,406 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,860 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,557 3 0 1926.8
2021 Q4 1,509 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,562 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,386 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,640 1 0 609.8
2020 Q4 1,890 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,641 2 0 1218.8
2020 Q2 2,356 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 334 5 1 14970.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

January 16, 2025 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Alex & Alex LLC · Struck against stationary object

Operator stepped off excavator and rolled foot in loose rock. Initial assessment is sprain to left foot

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