Fort McDowell Yavapai Materials-Plt1 #1 has $80K in proposed MSHA penalties and $526 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
32
Years on record
1995–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
225
citations
69
significant & substantial
$79,749
proposed penalties
$76,931
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,818 gap.
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.
225 citations across 1,129 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fort McDowell Yavapai Materials-Plt1 #1 has $80K in proposed MSHA penalties and $526 outstanding across 2 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.
$80K
proposed penalties
$77K
current assessed
$77K
paid to date
$526
outstanding
221 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-30.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 100%
75%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $6K 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 2011-10-18.
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.
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: 2025-02-19
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-02-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-02-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-02-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2022-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2018-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-10-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2015-09-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2015-09-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-06-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
1.59
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-06-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
1.38
0.17
Truck Driver
2010-06-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Fort McDowell Yavapai Materials-Plt1 #1 recorded 7.01 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
7.01
total case rate
7.01
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.81 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
2025 *
7.01
7.01
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
7.42
7.42
0.000
2022 *
12.74
12.74
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
4.09
4.09
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
13
2025
14
2024
13
2023
15
2022
16
2021
18
2020
20
2019
22
2018
20
2017
14
2016
16
2015
17
2014
19
2013
19
2012
16
2011
15
2010
20
2009
28
2008
38
2007
48
2006
38
2005
49
2004
36
2003
40
2002
46
2001
47
2000
51
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fort McDowell Yavapai Materials-Plt1 #1 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
2026 Q2
7,367
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
6,634
2
0
301.5
2025 Q4
6,726
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
7,346
6
1
816.8
2025 Q2
7,416
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
7,051
6
2
850.9
2024 Q4
7,201
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
6,771
3
2
443.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,879
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
6,292
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
5,874
3
0
510.7
2023 Q3
7,140
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
6,453
5
0
774.8
2023 Q1
7,505
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
7,449
1
0
134.2
2022 Q3
7,500
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
8,416
1
0
118.8
2022 Q1
8,036
1
0
124.4
2021 Q4
6,343
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
7,211
2
0
277.4
2021 Q2
9,120
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
9,867
1
1
101.3
2020 Q4
9,216
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
10,644
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
10,732
13
6
1211.3
2020 Q1
11,607
4
2
344.6
2019 Q4
13,966
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
12,577
6
3
477.1
2019 Q2
11,038
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
11,374
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
11,178
11
5
984.1
2018 Q3
10,205
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
10,609
4
2
377.0
2018 Q1
8,888
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
6,099
5
3
819.8
2017 Q3
7,363
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,046
3
2
425.8
2017 Q1
8,881
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
8,525
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
8,923
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
8,476
1
0
118.0
2016 Q1
9,067
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
9,682
3
2
309.9
2015 Q3
9,079
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
9,505
2
1
210.4
2015 Q1
9,011
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
9,386
4
0
426.2
2014 Q3
10,054
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
7,874
5
1
635.0
2014 Q1
9,484
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
11,232
5
3
445.2
2013 Q3
10,855
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
10,926
6
2
549.1
2013 Q1
9,656
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
10,393
17
7
1635.7
2012 Q3
11,074
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
9,302
5
0
537.5
2012 Q1
8,038
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
7,792
1
0
128.3
2011 Q3
8,095
4
3
494.1
2011 Q2
8,224
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
6,818
8
5
1173.4
2010 Q4
6,752
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,325
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
10,764
9
5
836.1
2010 Q1
9,547
4
0
419.0
2009 Q4
6,875
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
9,901
1
0
101.0
2009 Q2
14,587
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
15,787
3
0
190.0
2008 Q4
17,135
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
15,252
20
2
1311.3
2008 Q2
19,544
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
19,481
6
1
308.0
2007 Q4
21,017
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
28,328
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
20,397
1
0
49.0
2007 Q1
18,741
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
17,028
8
2
469.8
2006 Q3
14,880
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
23,990
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
23,612
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
33,511
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
22,640
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
25,256
3
1
118.8
2005 Q1
22,750
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
14,213
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
19,375
6
1
309.7
2004 Q2
19,162
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
17,172
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
18,665
5
2
267.9
2003 Q3
12,628
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
13,583
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
13,430
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
13,960
2
1
143.3
2002 Q3
18,394
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
18,599
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
16,378
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
16,747
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
18,544
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
18,537
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
17,478
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
17,650
3
0
170.0
2000 Q3
17,783
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
19,394
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
23,475
1
0
42.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
32 on file
2025 · 1 incident
November 18, 2025AZ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was walking out of The office and took a bad step. EE fell landing on EE's knee and wrist. EE notified EE's supervisor in which EE decided to go to the doctor to get checked out. The doctor diagnosed a sprained wrist.
2023 · 1 incident
August 14, 2023AZ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Operator was loading haul trucks. Mechanic showed up to address an issue on the loader that had occurred. Operator briefly stepped out of loader to talk with mechanic about issue with loader. Using 3-point contact to step off loader, the operators hand slipped causing EE to hurt EE's knee. Operator did not fall off ladder.
2022 · 2 incidents
July 20, 2022AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Individual was using an extended branch saw to cut branches on a tree. When pulling the cut branches from the tree they came down on top of them causing a small contusion on their head requiring 3 staples and a small contusion to the right arm. Dr. excused them from work for 3 days and employee is returned with no limitations on 7/26/2022
June 2, 2022AZ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Equipment Operator was shoveling under a screening plant and noticed the next day that their shoulder was sore. After a doctor looked at it, EE was put on light duty. Operator is now driving a water truck and there were no missed work days.
Two employees were working on the same screening plant. During the course of making the repairs one employee was exposed to "arc flash" from the other employee's welding activities.
2002 · 1 incident
October 7, 2002AZ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MAINT. CREW WAS REPAIRING A CEDAR RAPIDS CONE CRUSHER. TOP OF CRUSHER HAD BEEN REMOVED EXPOSING A HOLE IN THE WORK DECK, WHERE THE CRUSHER ACCUM. HAD BEEN. THE INJURED PERSON THOUGHT SHE WAS S TEPPING INTO THE SMALL OPEN HOLE & OVER CORRECTED HER POSITION BY REACHING FOR A NEARBY LADDER. A FEW HOURS LATER SHE COMPLAINED OF A BACK PAIN & AT THAT TIME WAS TAKEN TO A MEDICAL FACILITY.
2001 · 2 incidents
August 16, 2001AZ · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE ROUGH RIDE OF THE 613 WATER PULL WAS MORE THAN THE EMPLOYEE COULD TOLERATE ON HIS BACH AND HIP.
February 26, 1997AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CLEANING MATERIAL FROM FEEDER(IN A TUNNEL AREA) WEIGHT ARM ASSEMBLY WAS HUNG UP WITH MATERIAL.AFTER MOVING MATERIAL WEIGHT ARM ASSEMBLY DROP BACK INTO LOWER POSITION WHICH STRUCK HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.