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Fisher Industries Plant 2: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas G Fisher
Yuma, Cochise County, AZ  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200157

Fisher Industries Plant 2 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1986–2020
Latest incident
Feb 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
34
citations
11
significant & substantial
$5,636
proposed penalties
$5,423
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $213 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Fisher Sand & Gravel Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
431
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: 431 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 2 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $963 in penalties contested before the Commission, $750 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-31.
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.
32.4%
significant & substantial
11.8%
high negligence or reckless
32.4%
reasonably likely or greater
52.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.9% low, 85.3% moderate, 11.8% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 33%
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%
22%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$963 proposed, $750 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 2019-10-29.
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 2010-371M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $625 → $412
CENT 2014-0465 Dismissal Rae 2014 $217 → $217
CENT 2020-0024 Settlement Manning 2020 $121 → $121
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: 2004-09-14, 21 years ago
40%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz52 over
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.51 0.64 2.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 0.65 1.08 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-09-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.7 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.86 0.59 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.93 0.44 Truck Driver
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 2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.

Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.80 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.
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 Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 7
2024 7
2023 4
2022 0
2021 11
2020 5
2019 7
2018 3
2017 5
2016 5
2015 6
2014 8
2013 5
2012 4
2011 3
2010 5
2009 5
2008 6
2007 2
2006 3
2005 1
2004 10
2003 5
2002 1
2001 7
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fisher Industries Plant 2 sits in Cochise 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.
Cochise County, Arizona · Population 125,458
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,970
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 266 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,424 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,212 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,019 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,044 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,112 6 2 1928.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,837 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,984 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,045 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,993 2 2 1003.5
2023 Q2 453 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 5,096 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,955 1 1 143.8
2021 Q2 3,508 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,280 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 628 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 106 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 673 1 0 1485.9
2020 Q1 4,702 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,529 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,350 1 0 229.9
2019 Q2 2,627 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,732 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,792 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 856 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 614 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,518 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,306 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,631 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,682 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 852 1 0 1173.7
2016 Q2 1,775 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 841 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,490 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,736 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,964 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,911 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,910 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,050 2 1 396.0
2014 Q1 5,942 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,423 1 0 292.1
2013 Q3 2,955 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,146 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,100 1 1 243.9
2012 Q4 3,339 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,461 3 1 866.8
2012 Q2 4,056 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,513 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,045 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,991 1 0 502.3
2011 Q2 3,207 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,128 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,615 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,822 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,358 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 173 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,503 4 1 2661.3
2009 Q3 2,398 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,762 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,531 2 0 441.4
2008 Q4 3,222 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 11,369 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,764 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,156 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,537 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,273 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,094 1 0 914.1
2007 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,067 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,504 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 864 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,032 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,502 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 995 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 473 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,981 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 18,418 1 1 54.3
2004 Q1 7,925 2 0 252.4
2003 Q4 1,436 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,615 1 1 276.6
2003 Q2 2,772 2 0 721.5
2003 Q1 4,117 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,283 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 5,780 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,867 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 9,766 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 745 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,593 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,499 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2020 · 1 incident

February 19, 2020 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee moved left hand to push bed stand into place and pinched finger.

2019 · 1 incident

September 11, 2019 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

EE was stepping down from conveyor, when left foot stepped on top of a rock. As EE stepped backwards, the rock pushed from underneath the left foot. This resulted in the EE's left knee to twist and causing the the EE to fall to the ground.

2014 · 1 incident

2010 · 1 incident

January 19, 2010 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE injured upper middle back while leveling a conveyor stand. Reporting due to prescription given to ee.

2008 · 1 incident

July 16, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Shut door on loader and thumb got caught in door. Stitches were needed.

1997 · 1 incident

1989 · 2 incidents

November 15, 1989 ND · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING ON METAL HAD SAFTEY GLASSES ON ONLY SHOULD HAVE ALSO HAD A FACE SHEILD.

October 11, 1989 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

GETTING IN AND OUT OF VAN WITHOUT PUTTING UP THE STEPS AND RAILINGS

1987 · 6 incidents

December 14, 1987 ND · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

MECHANIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO FLARE A COPPOR TUBE ON A FORKLIFT WHEN THE TUBE ROTATED AND FORCED HIS HAND AGAINST THE RADIATOR FAN BLADE (ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING).

December 2, 1987 ND · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO KNOWN CAUSED3HE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN IN THE HEEL AND ARCH OF FOOT.

October 10, 1987 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKING ON SCR9ENING PLANT AND TWISTED HIS BACK

September 3, 1987 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRIED TO LIFT A3 ANVIL UP A LADDER- SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.

August 20, 1987 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING ON THE3RAIL OF SHAKER TO FIT A LIGHT. A ROCK CAME OFF OF THE FEEDER & BOUNCED ONTO THE EDGE OF SHAKER LIP & HIT HIS FOOT. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY SHOES.

1986 · 1 incident