Mining Incidents

Fisher Industries Plant 37 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas G Fisher
Wellton, Yuma County, AZ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0203166

Fisher Industries Plant 37 has $7K 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
6
Years on record
2008–2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
49
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,563
proposed penalties
$6,456
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $107 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
32
inspections on record
368
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: 368 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 37 has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 1,727 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,068 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,396 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,775 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,474 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,751 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 945 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,335 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,177 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,202 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,071 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,080 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,399 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,889 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,804 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,196 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,634 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,862 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,326 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,321 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,340 4 0 1197.6
2019 Q1 3,114 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,892 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,270 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 361 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 1,804 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,364 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 784 1 0 1275.5
2016 Q3 259 12 1 46332.0
2016 Q2 1,296 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,763 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 697 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 768 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,574 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 386 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,720 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,944 1 0 514.4
2013 Q2 1,895 5 1 2638.5
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 20,879 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 31,498 8 3 254.0
2012 Q2 9,243 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 538 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 829 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,060 2 0 1886.8
2011 Q2 1,227 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,047 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,240 7 3 5645.2
2010 Q3 2,543 3 0 1179.7
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 449 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,710 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,333 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 610 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,593 2 0 435.4
2008 Q3 4,225 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 15,426 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 14,642 3 0 204.9
2007 Q4 6,065 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,773 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,872 1 0 534.2
2007 Q1 915 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2019 · 1 incident

2015 · 1 incident

December 14, 2015 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Workers attempting to remove bearing. Came off pinching one workers left pinky finger between bearing and frame of chain feeder.

2009 · 1 incident

May 28, 2009 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was too close to chain conveyor as loader pulled back, pinching finger.

2008 · 3 incidents

August 24, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Accident happened on 8-24-08, however, he did not got to the doctor until 9-2-08. He was tightening up bolt when wrench slipped & he fell to the ground straining right shoulder muscle.

August 18, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

Was changing blow bars and when Injury started cleaning rotors and ran back side of right hand against rotar, cutting pinky.

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The full compliance file on Fisher Industries Plant 37

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.