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Fort Mohave Pit: 109 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by UNACEM Corp S A A
Bullhead, Mohave County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202253

Fort Mohave Pit has $23K 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
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Mar 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
109
citations
43
significant & substantial
$23,115
proposed penalties
$22,215
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $900 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Sunshine Concrete & Materials Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
32
inspections on record
454
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: 454 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 Mohave Pit has $23K 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-05-11.
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.
39.4%
significant & substantial
7.3%
high negligence or reckless
39.4%
reasonably likely or greater
67.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 84.4% moderate, 7.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
WEST20010323M Settlement Zielinski 2001 $4K → $3K
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: 2007-07-25, 19 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-07-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.11 0.20 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-07-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.61 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.88 0.53 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.5 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.47 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.88 0.50 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Ownership history
  1. Mohave Concrete & Materials Inc 1985 to 1997
  2. Mohave Concrete & Materials Inc. 1997 to 2002
  3. Sunshine Concrete & Materials Inc 2002 to 2005
  4. Sunshine Concrete & Materials Inc 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 2
2009 3
2008 5
2007 6
2006 4
2005 3
2004 2
2003 2
2002 3
2001 6
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fort Mohave Pit sits in Mohave County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Mohave County, Arizona · Population 217,420
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,799
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 0 0 0
2010 Q3 163 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 911 1 1 1097.7
2010 Q1 1,014 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 240 6 0 25000.0
2009 Q3 1,266 1 0 789.9
2009 Q2 959 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,377 5 0 3631.1
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 1,700 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,412 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,564 2 1 1278.8
2008 Q1 3,406 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,926 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,695 3 2 639.0
2007 Q2 3,076 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,900 2 0 512.8
2006 Q4 4,149 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,303 5 2 2171.1
2006 Q2 1,575 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,336 3 0 2245.5
2005 Q4 1,485 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,309 10 1 4330.9
2005 Q2 1,763 2 0 1134.4
2005 Q1 1,987 7 1 3522.9
2004 Q4 1,285 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,320 17 13 12878.8
2004 Q2 1,375 7 4 5090.9
2004 Q1 1,140 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,100 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 925 3 0 3243.2
2002 Q3 891 11 6 12345.7
2002 Q2 375 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,819 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,223 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 916 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 679 2 0 2945.5
2001 Q1 954 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,228 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 906 17 7 18763.8
2000 Q2 2,555 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,250 5 5 800.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

March 21, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Mohave Concrete & Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

CUTTING BOLT WITH CUTTING TORCH-ROCK FELL INTO EYE.NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.