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: 765 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fortuna Wash Pit has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
173 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-09-08.
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.
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: 2016-12-01, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2016-12-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-12-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.89
0.20
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-02-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-02-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2004-09-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.66
0.21
Bulldozer Operator
2004-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.62
0.56
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2004-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.73
0.23
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2022
2
2021
2
2020
2
2019
2
2018
3
2017
6
2016
6
2015
6
2014
9
2013
5
2012
2
2011
3
2010
3
2009
5
2008
8
2007
8
2006
9
2005
8
2004
6
2003
5
2002
6
2001
6
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fortuna Wash Pit sits in Yuma County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Yuma County, Arizona · Population 207,685
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,417
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
2022 Q4
88
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
565
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
904
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
526
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
549
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
520
2
0
3846.2
2021 Q2
69
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
137
0
0
0.0
Show 84 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4
399
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
150
3
2
20000.0
2020 Q2
48
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
330
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
414
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
166
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
261
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
60
1
0
16666.7
2018 Q4
202
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
329
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
357
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
331
4
0
12084.6
2017 Q4
177
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
570
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
147
1
0
6802.7
2017 Q1
634
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1,110
3
3
2702.7
2016 Q3
833
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,019
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,205
5
0
4149.4
2015 Q4
1,591
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,174
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,485
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,899
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,730
11
4
4029.3
2014 Q3
1,211
4
1
3303.1
2014 Q2
2,331
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,813
4
2
1422.0
2013 Q4
2,172
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,258
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,631
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,304
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
949
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
491
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,015
2
0
1970.4
2012 Q1
1,180
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,226
1
1
815.7
2011 Q3
1,773
1
0
564.0
2011 Q2
1,400
2
1
1428.6
2011 Q1
487
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
263
4
1
15209.1
2010 Q3
1
6
2
6000000.0
2010 Q2
1,755
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,491
6
1
4024.1
2009 Q4
1,404
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,817
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,233
1
0
447.8
2009 Q1
3,085
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
4,378
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
4,023
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,311
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,982
1
0
200.7
2007 Q4
4,383
4
2
912.6
2007 Q3
4,480
13
5
2901.8
2007 Q2
3,807
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,922
8
3
2039.8
2006 Q4
4,210
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
5,300
1
0
188.7
2006 Q2
4,768
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,039
10
0
1984.5
2005 Q4
4,850
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
3,760
1
1
266.0
2005 Q2
2,988
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,759
5
0
1812.3
2004 Q4
3,485
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,789
10
4
3585.5
2004 Q2
2,381
16
8
6719.9
2004 Q1
2,092
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
2,233
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,735
6
3
3458.2
2003 Q2
2,151
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,985
5
1
2518.9
2002 Q4
1,913
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,390
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,251
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,534
24
6
9471.2
2001 Q4
3,108
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,412
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,271
10
8
4403.3
2001 Q1
2,340
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,905
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,287
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,359
3
1
1271.7
2000 Q1
3,216
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2014 · 1 incident
January 17, 2014AZ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was on 3rd step of ladder inspecting a sand crew. As he stepped down he missed the 2nd step on ladder falling backwards onto his left arm and shoulder.
Non EE came to the pit to pick up vehicle he had purchased from the company.He was suppose to load and haul the vehicle away. While EE went to obtain a chain for the Non EE to use, he attempted to cut the vehicle with a torch. The vehicle caught on fire burning Non EE on approx. 80% of his body.
1998 · 1 incident
October 9, 1998AZ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS