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FNF Crushing 5: 135 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mastec Inc
Quartzsite, La Paz County, AZ  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 2902226

FNF Crushing 5 has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Jul 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
135
citations
43
significant & substantial
$40,722
proposed penalties
$17,667
paid to date
43% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $23,055 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See FNF Construction Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
45
inspections on record
684
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: 684 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FNF Crushing 5 has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K outstanding across 8 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$12K
outstanding
131 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $27K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-22.
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.
32.6%
significant & substantial
6.1%
high negligence or reckless
29.8%
reasonably likely or greater
72.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.8% none, 8.4% low, 84.7% moderate, 6.1% 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.
21 citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
  • Settled 20 · 95%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 5%
95%
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 21 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$25K proposed, $15K 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 2021-09-13.
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 2009-173M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $13K → $8K
CENT 2004-57-M Settlement Bulluck 2004 $5K → $2K
CENT 2003-299-M Settlement Barbour 2004 $4K → $3K
CENT20030090M Settlement Hodgdon 2003 $2K → $1K
CENT20030007M Settlement Hodgdon 2003 $1K → $700
CENT 2006-44M Settlement Weisberger 2006 $700 → $700
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: 2008-10-08, 17 years ago
27%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz154 over
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-09-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.52 2.03 1.24 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-09-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.26 1.03 1.22 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.86 0.9 2.07 Cleanup Man
2002-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.21 0.79 1.53 Laborer, Bullgang
2008-10-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Utility Man
2008-10-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Laborer, Bullgang
2008-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-03-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.73 3.33 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 2.04 0.21 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-03-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 2.95 0.15 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-03-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 1.34 0.30 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.52 0.65 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.46 0.65 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.41 0.63 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-09-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 0.89 0.87 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 0.62 0.98 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.7 0.39 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.62 0.63 Backhoe Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2015-04-22, 11 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2015-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
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.

FNF Crushing 5 recorded 16.82 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.

Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ 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.
16.82
total case rate
16.82
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.88 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
2009 * 16.82 16.82 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 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. W.W.C., Inc. 2001 to 2009
  2. FNF Construction Inc 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 17
2023 25
2021 23
2019 6
2018 8
2017 7
2016 5
2015 6
2014 6
2010 9
2009 13
2008 4
2007 7
2006 12
2005 11
2004 10
2003 12
2002 31
2001 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FNF Crushing 5 sits in La Paz County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
La Paz County, Arizona · Population 16,605
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$49,506
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
2024 Q1 2,191 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,786 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,954 1 0 143.8
2021 Q3 3,484 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,387 1 1 418.9
2019 Q3 881 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,172 3 1 2559.7
2018 Q4 354 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 4,610 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,790 1 0 558.7
2017 Q2 2,813 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,797 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,966 2 0 674.3
2016 Q2 146 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 287 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,914 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,302 3 0 2304.1
2014 Q3 2,615 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,187 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,452 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,812 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,364 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,139 7 0 1140.3
2009 Q1 5,462 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,270 25 9 7645.3
2008 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 3,050 8 2 2623.0
2007 Q4 4,726 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,484 16 3 6441.2
2007 Q2 1,962 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,304 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,995 7 3 1000.7
2006 Q3 8,734 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,169 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,931 3 0 335.9
2005 Q4 7,623 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,993 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,134 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,374 11 3 1725.8
2004 Q4 6,308 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,433 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,469 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,700 8 2 1702.1
2003 Q4 6,897 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,902 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,294 4 1 1214.3
2003 Q1 697 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,348 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 11,336 4 4 352.9
2002 Q2 14,436 10 5 692.7
2002 Q1 13,011 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,320 5 3 1157.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

July 9, 2009 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
FNF Construction Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE CHANGING BUCKET ON THE SKID STEER THE BUCKET DROPPED ON THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT ANKLE.

June 4, 2009 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
FNF Construction Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

1ST NOTIFICATION OF INCIDENT JULY 30, 09 BY THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION. THE EMPLOYEE GAVE THREE DIFFERENT DATES OF INJURY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WORKING ON THOSE DATES. THE EMPLOYEE IS REPRESENTED. WE APPEARED FOR MEDIATION WITH LEGAL COUNCIL. THE DATE REPORTED BY EE & HIS ATTORNEY IS JUNE 4, 2009 (?) FOR THE DATE OF INJURY. CURRENTLY THIS INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.