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FISHER INDUSTRIES PLANT 16: 99 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas G Fisher
Kingman AZ., Mohave County, AZ  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901317

FISHER INDUSTRIES PLANT 16 has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Years on record
1984–2018
Latest incident
Mar 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
99
citations
32
significant & substantial
$24,601
proposed penalties
$24,484
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $117 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Fisher Sand & Gravel Co's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
32
inspections on record
499
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: 499 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FISHER INDUSTRIES PLANT 16 has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
98 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-24.
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.
32.7%
significant & substantial
21.4%
high negligence or reckless
33.7%
reasonably likely or greater
46.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.1% low, 73.5% moderate, 21.4% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 80%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 20%
50%
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%
4%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K 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 2020-03-11.
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
CENT 2020-0096 Settlement 2020 $1K → $1K
CENT 2019-0371 Dismissal Miller 2020 $654 → $654
CENT 2020-0097 Settlement 2020 $199 → $199
CENT 2006-99M Settlement Manning 2006 $177 → $60
CENT 2013-147M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $100 → $100
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: 2026-02-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.56 0.59 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2017-08-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.39 Utility Man
2017-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.75 0.23 Bulldozer Operator
2011-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.02 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-10-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.89 0.35 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-10-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.01 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.5 0.48 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-10-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.78 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
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.

FISHER INDUSTRIES PLANT 16 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.

Injury rate, 2022
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.59 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 17.29 17.29 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 3.68 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Fisher Sand & Gravel Co 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 16
2025 5
2024 0
2023 5
2022 11
2021 0
2020 6
2019 10
2018 8
2017 9
2016 1
2015 4
2014 1
2013 3
2012 4
2011 2
2010 3
2009 4
2008 4
2007 6
2006 7
2005 8
2004 7
2003 5
2002 7
2001 9
2000 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FISHER INDUSTRIES PLANT 16 sits in Mohave County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Mohave County, Arizona · Population 217,420
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,799
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
2026 Q2 7,304 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,617 3 1 649.8
2025 Q4 2,916 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,553 10 7 1800.8
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 2 0
2023 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,858 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,294 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,999 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,581 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q3 1,229 5 1 4068.3
2020 Q2 3,832 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,606 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,429 2 0 451.6
2019 Q2 4,888 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,206 11 3 1772.5
2018 Q4 5,446 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,284 3 1 700.3
2018 Q2 3,169 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,254 2 0 614.6
2017 Q4 5,709 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,533 3 1 661.8
2017 Q2 1,785 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,982 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 316 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,581 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,768 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 754 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 72 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 484 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 278 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,517 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,878 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,508 2 1 570.1
2012 Q3 4,814 1 0 207.7
2012 Q2 2,532 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 1,274 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,538 15 6 4239.7
2011 Q1 1,876 1 0 533.0
2010 Q4 4,223 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 3,476 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,842 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,907 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,508 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,689 1 0 371.9
2009 Q1 2,566 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,711 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,703 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,572 1 1 280.0
2008 Q1 4,252 4 1 940.7
2007 Q4 3,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,125 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,286 2 1 378.4
2007 Q1 6,799 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,265 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,726 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,120 4 1 781.2
2006 Q1 5,025 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,292 3 1 699.0
2005 Q3 3,420 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,339 13 3 3893.4
2005 Q1 13,110 2 0 152.6
2004 Q4 2,330 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,492 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,198 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,989 2 0 400.9
2003 Q4 6,219 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,668 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,421 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,436 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,317 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,056 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,894 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,354 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,281 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,538 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,209 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 13,375 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 11,899 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 16,040 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 12,096 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 14,383 4 2 278.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

22 on file

2018 · 1 incident

March 5, 2018 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Strain to lower back.

2012 · 1 incident

July 27, 2012 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on tail pulley of General Steel Screen Plant Cross Conveyor. Employee cut right hand ring finger resulting in 5 sutures.

2011 · 1 incident

April 28, 2011 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee got left thumb under cone, causing laceration to left thumb. Received stitches.

2008 · 1 incident

February 2, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man OTHER
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by flying object

Very windy day and a object flew into EE's eye, EE was wearing his safety glasses.

2006 · 2 incidents

December 12, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was checking drive belt tension on jaw screen 13-367 (Plant was shut down). Employee pulled down on drive belt and pinched right middle and ring finger. Plant was locked out. **Lost tips of middle and ring fingers**

November 27, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee tried to dislodge rock from conveyor using pry bar. The bar pinched his hand between it and the frame.

2000 · 1 incident

September 26, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by falling object

EE WAS REBOLTING BELLY PAN ON DOZER. THE PAN WAS SECURED WITH A COME ALONG. EE MOVED PAN TO ALIGN BOLTS AND PAN SLIPPED AND FELL ON FINGER.

1998 · 1 incident

June 29, 1998 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Fall from ladders

EE WAS DESCENDING THE CAT WALK VIA A LADDER AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

1997 · 1 incident

December 9, 1997 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STRIKING OR BUMPING
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Struck against stationary object

REMOVING DISCHARGE HOOD. SKIDDING IT OFF TO ONE SIDE. CLAIMANT WAS UNDER CONVEYOR TO THE SIDE WHERE CHUTE WAS & HIT HIS HEAD ON A BRACKET. EE DID NOT HAVE A HARD HAT ON AT THE TIME.

1995 · 1 incident

July 17, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPING LIFT A PIPE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

1992 · 2 incidents

June 26, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGED A CONE CRUSHER WITHA METAL BAR. BAR CAME IN CONTACT WITH MOVING MACHINE PART WHIPPED IT OUT OF HIS HAND THROWING IT UP AGAINST HIS OPPOSITE HAND.

January 27, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Struck against stationary object

FEED BELT BEGAN SLIPPING AND EMPLOYEE RAN TO MOTION TO DOZER OPERATOR TO STOP FEEDING TRAP, STEPPED ON A ROCK OR FROZEN CHUNK AND INJURED ANKLE/FOOT.

1989 · 1 incident

June 12, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Fall from machine

JUMPED OFF LADDER OF LOADER INSTEAD OF DESENDING PROPERLY.

1988 · 2 incidents

June 21, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Fall onto or against objects

SORTING SHAKER SCREENS LAYING ON THE GROUND.LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OVER ONTO ROLLERS STACKED ADJACENT TO SCREENS.

June 7, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING UP AROUND CONVEYOR WITH NOISY ROLLER-RUPTURED EAR DRUM.

1987 · 2 incidents

March 5, 1987 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRUCKER AND LO5DER OPER.UNLOADING FLATBED TRAILER.TRUCKER POSITIONED HIMSELF IMPROPERLY AND SIGNALLED LOADER OPER TO CREEP AHEAD.FOOT BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN BUCKET AND LOAD SMASHING RIGHT ANKL

1986 · 2 incidents

August 29, 1986 SD · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Accident type, without injuries

OPERATOR WAS ST9IPPING TOP SOIL AND STOCK PILING IT AND SLID OFF SIDE OF THE STOCK PILE WHILE DESCENDING THE PILE

May 1, 1986 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLEANING SCREEN8 ON SCREENS AND SMASHED FINGER WITH BAR.,

1984 · 3 incidents

November 8, 1984 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SCREEN WITH A BAR AND FINGER WAS JAMMED BETWEEN BAR & SCREEN

August 28, 1984 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CRUSHER PLUGGED UP WITH CLAY. EMPLOYEE USED A BAR TO TRY AND UNPLUG IT. THEB THE BAR SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER

August 13, 1984 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Fall from machine

MISSED A STEP ON THE LOADER AS HE WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER