Mining Incidents

Fort Mc Dowell Yavapai Materials-Plt #7: 24 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Buckeye, Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202696

Fort Mc Dowell Yavapai Materials-Plt #7 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1999–2003
Latest incident
May 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
24
citations
9
significant & substantial
$2,835
proposed penalties
$2,835
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
137
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: 137 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fort Mc Dowell Yavapai Materials-Plt #7 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $117 in penalties contested before the Commission, $117 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-03-24.
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.
37.5%
significant & substantial
8.3%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 79.2% moderate, 8.3% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$117 proposed, $117 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 2010-05-13.
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
WEST 2010-1203M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $117 → $117
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Fort Mc Dowell Yavapai Materials 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 3
2009 1
2008 2
2005 2
2004 9
2003 7
2002 5
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fort Mc Dowell Yavapai Materials-Plt #7 sits in Maricopa County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
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
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
2010 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 253 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 370 1 1 2702.7
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1 1 0 1000000.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 70 1 0 14285.7
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 559 1 0 1788.9
2008 Q1 219 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 742 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,184 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 999 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,006 1 0 994.0
2004 Q3 1,541 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,241 2 1 892.5
2004 Q1 2,049 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,643 6 4 3651.9
2003 Q3 1,992 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,361 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,021 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,111 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,219 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,105 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,385 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,433 3 1 2093.5
2001 Q3 1,846 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,094 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 987 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,465 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,155 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,565 7 2 4472.8
2000 Q1 1,793 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

May 3, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fort Mc Dowell Yavapai Materials · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT THE SCREEN DECKS OF THE WET SCREENING PLANT. HIS FOOTING CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACKWARD, LANDING ON HIS BUTT. EE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT OR MISS ANY WORK FOR ONE AND ONE HALF MONTHS.

2001 · 1 incident

May 7, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fort Mc Dowell Yavapai Materials · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP BUCKET OF WATER TO POUR INTO TOILET TO BE ABLE TO FLUSH IT. SHE HURT HERLOWER BACK.

1999 · 1 incident