Ehrenberg Wash Pit has $20K 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
2000
Latest incident
Nov 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
85
citations
38
significant & substantial
$20,001
proposed penalties
$20,001
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 494 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ehrenberg Wash Pit has $20K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
85 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-02-05.
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.
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: 2019-08-28, 7 years ago
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-06-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.06
0.75
1.41
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-08-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-08-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.67
0.36
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.08
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-06-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.59
0.46
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.03
0.29
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2020
3
2019
2
2018
3
2017
4
2016
5
2015
4
2014
5
2013
4
2012
4
2011
6
2010
8
2009
8
2008
9
2007
9
2006
9
2005
9
2004
8
2003
9
2002
9
2001
7
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Ehrenberg Wash Pit sits in La Paz County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
La Paz County, Arizona · Population 16,605
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$49,506
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
VEHICLE TOTALLED: PERSON MULTIPLE LACERATIONS TOARM SCRATCHES PAIN IN ARMS, CHEST, SHOULDER INTLTRK WATER TRK HEADING WB ON ROAD BETWEEN TOM WELLS & EHRENBERG PARKER HWY MOVED RIGHT TO ALLOW S EMI ROOM ON NARROW ROAD, REAR DUALS ON PASSENGERSIDE GOT CAUGHT INTO SOFT SHOULDER DIRT, DRIVER CORRECTED, WHEN TIRES GOT ON ROADWAY THEY CAUGHT& VEHILE FLIPPED OVER