FLORENCE PLANT #43: 1 MSHA citation
Metal/Non-Metal
FLORENCE PLANT #43 has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1999. MSHA has proposed $55 in penalties since 2001.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1999–2000
- Latest incident
- Jul 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 29 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
FLORENCE PLANT #43 has $55 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
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.
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-24.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 100.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2001 |
7 |
| 2000 |
6 |
| 1999 |
6 |
| 1998 |
6 |
| 1997 |
8 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
FLORENCE PLANT #43 sits in Pinal County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.8% of county employment.
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.
Pinal County, Arizona · Population 449,219
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$77,588
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 |
| 2001 Q4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q1 |
834 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 |
4,588 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
8,777 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
3,025 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
2,937 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2000 · 3 incidents
July 10, 2000
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CLIMBING OFF LOADER, FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER.
June 14, 2000
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator
DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AIR CONDITIONED FRONT END LOADER FOR MOST OF HIS WORK SHIFT. HE GOT OUT AND BEGAN SHOVELING BY THE CRUSHER AND WAS OVERCOME BY HEAT.
Pioneer Concrete Of Arizona Inc · Struck against stationary object
WHILE SHOVELING AROUND FEEDER, EE STEPPED BACK AND STEPPED ON ROCK, TWISTING ANKLE ON RIGHT FOOT.
1999 · 1 incident
December 27, 1999
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pioneer Sand Company · Struck against stationary object
WHILE EE WAS CLEANING HOPPER, HAND HIT BOTTOM OF HOPPER AND CUT THE RIGHT LITTLE FINGER REQUIRING A PIN AND STITCHES.