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FIRST KNOLL CINDER PIT: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Navajo County · Surface
Controlled by Navajo County-AZ
Mesa, Navajo County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202244

FIRST KNOLL CINDER PIT has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1991–2012
Latest incident
Jan 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
44
citations
6
significant & substantial
$5,159
proposed penalties
$5,159
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Navajo County's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
30
inspections on record
281
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: 281 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FIRST KNOLL CINDER PIT has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $60 in penalties contested before the Commission, $60 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-23.
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.
15.0%
significant & substantial
2.5%
high negligence or reckless
15.0%
reasonably likely or greater
57.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 85.0% moderate, 2.5% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$60 proposed, $60 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 2005-10-26.
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 2006-77M Dismissal Lesnick 2006 $60 → $60
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: 2009-09-22, 16 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
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. Navajo County 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 5
2018 2
2017 4
2016 4
2015 5
2014 8
2013 10
2012 11
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 1
2005 2
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FIRST KNOLL CINDER PIT sits in Navajo County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Navajo County, Arizona · Population 107,744
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$52,752
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 77 3 0 38961.0
2019 Q1 43 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 9 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 182 1 0 5494.5
2017 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 28 1 0 35714.3
2016 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 685 3 0 4379.6
2015 Q4 454 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 277 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 91 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 555 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 201 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 252 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 432 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 524 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 59 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 583 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 131 6 2 45801.5
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 8 1 0 125000.0
2012 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 171 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 367 1 1 2724.8
2010 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 1 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 405 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 470 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 490 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 610 5 0 8196.7
2007 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 382 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 260 4 0 15384.6
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 850 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 360 8 3 22222.2
2005 Q1 1,208 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 722 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 624 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 568 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 930 1 0 1075.3
2002 Q4 395 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 821 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 4 0
2001 Q2 0 5 0
2001 Q1 147 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 462 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 506 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 8, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Navajo County · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WALKED BEHIND TRUCK BACKING UP.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2012 · 1 incident

January 23, 2012 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Navajo County · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking to the operator station and a rock fell off the grizzly that's on the screening plant and hit the loading belt, bounced and went airborne it came down at the control station of the screening plant and hit him on the head.