What are Fisher Industries Plant #35's MSHA penalties?

Fisher Industries Plant #35 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $0 currently outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

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Fisher Industries Plant #35: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Surface

Controlled by Thomas G Fisher

MESA, Maricopa County, AZ · Temporarily Idled

MSHA Mine ID: 0301938

Fisher Industries Plant #35 has $2K 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: 7
Years on record: 2007–2024
Latest incident: Apr 2024

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2007

citations

significant & substantial

$2,452

proposed penalties

$2,452

paid to date

100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2007

inspections on record

254

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 254 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$2K

proposed penalties

$2K

current assessed

$2K

paid to date

outstanding

18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-17.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Violation severity profile

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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.

38.9%

significant & substantial

0.0%

high negligence or reckless

38.9%

reasonably likely or greater

50.0%

permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs

Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.6% low, 94.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.

Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

Health sampling

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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)

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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: 2018-01-25, 8 years ago

33%

of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit

samples

limit-tested

Most sampled contaminants

Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz93 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg1

Show the individual readings (10)

Date	Contaminant	Concentration	Limit	Conc / limit	Occupation
2007-07-11	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	0.47	0.35	1.34	Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-05-16	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	1.56	0.91	1.71	Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-04	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	2.82	1.33	2.12	Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-01-25	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	0.29	0.57	0.51	Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-01-25	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator
2007-08-14	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	0.19	0.41	0.46	Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-04	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	0.38	0.54	0.70	Front-end Loader Operator
2007-04-04	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	0.94	1.62	0.58	Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-04	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	0.46	0.87	0.53	Truck Driver
2007-04-04	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	0.38	0.58	0.66	Supervisor, Co. Official

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2017-03-20, 9 years ago

samples

Show the individual readings (2)

Date	Contaminant	Concentration	Limit	Conc / limit	Area sampled
2017-03-20	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			SF ORE PROCESSING
2017-03-20	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	0.4			MP CRUSHING

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

Fisher Sand & Gravel Company 2006 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Workforce and production

Year	Employees
2026	0
2025	4
2024	10
2023	7
2022	9
2021	8
2020	6
2019	3
2018	6
2017	6
2016	6
2015	4
2014	3
2013	8
2012	1
2011	1
2010	2
2009	0
2008	1
2007	5
2006	5

Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Local economic context

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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.

Maricopa County, Arizona · Population 4,491,987

0.2%

Mining share of county employment

$85,518

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Quarterly safety rates

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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	Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2	0
2026 Q1	0
2025 Q4	0
2025 Q3	0
2025 Q2	422	0.0
2025 Q1	2,124	0.0
2024 Q4	2,677	0.0
2024 Q3	5,075	0.0

Show 70 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2	4,122	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	5,395	0	0	0.0
2023 Q4	5,681	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	5,003	2	1	399.8
2023 Q2	4,322	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	0	0	0
2022 Q4	0	0	0
2022 Q3	3,133	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	3,873	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	5,246	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	4,415	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	3,440	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	4,886	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	2,163	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	1,390	5	2	3597.1
2020 Q3	2,015	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	1,624	2	2	1231.5
2020 Q1	1,864	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	0	0	0
2019 Q3	1,055	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	1,463	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	2,391	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	729	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	2,927	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	3,340	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	3,445	2	1	580.6
2017 Q4	3,023	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	3,604	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	2,915	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	3,273	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	2,963	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	2,999	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	1,840	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	2,429	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	1,002	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	1,369	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	2,579	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	0	0	0
2014 Q4	0	0	0
2014 Q3	2,314	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	2,311	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	1,314	1	0	761.0
2013 Q4	73	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	5,604	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	6,752	2	0	296.2
2013 Q1	2,829	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	996	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	0	0	0
2012 Q2	0	0	0
2012 Q1	0	0	0
2011 Q4	0	0	0
2011 Q2	0	0	0
2011 Q1	496	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	1,547	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	1,638	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	697	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	0	0	0
2009 Q4	0	0	0
2009 Q3	0	0	0
2009 Q2	0	0	0
2009 Q1	0	0	0
2008 Q4	0	0	0
2008 Q2	0	0	0
2008 Q1	555	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	1,462	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	5,876	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	4,700	4	1	851.1
2007 Q1	4,659	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	3,806	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	3,528	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2024 · 1 incident

April 8, 2024 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Walking toward service truck; rock rolled underneath foot; tripped, fell onto hand dislocating right pinky finger.

2023 · 1 incident

April 19, 2023 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE smashed left ring finger.

2019 · 1 incident

January 15, 2019 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Laceration to leg.

2018 · 1 incident

August 2, 2018 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Rubbed or abraded

Large laceration to left thumb area.

2017 · 1 incident

October 3, 2017 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee exited equipment due to bees. MRI done 11/9 and confirmed cracked bone 11/14. Not aware of severity until then.

2016 · 1 incident

August 30, 2016 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal electrician helper OTHER

Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee bent down to check cord. When attempting to stand employee could not fully extend leg or walk on leg.

2007 · 1 incident

March 3, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was grinding iron; small sliver of steel got under safety glasses and lodged into right eye.

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Fisher Industries Plant #35 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

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.