Mining Incidents

Goat Creek Mining Metal/Non-Metal

Goat Creek Mining · Surface
Controlled by Samuel Haught
Star Valley, Gila County, AZ  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0202956

Goat Creek Mining has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
67
citations
25
significant & substantial
$12,116
proposed penalties
$12,116
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
41
inspections on record
301
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: 301 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Goat Creek Mining has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 51 1 0 19607.8
2025 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 34 3 0 88235.3
2024 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 222 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 220 3 0 13636.4
2021 Q3 193 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,092 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 278 7 4 25179.9
2020 Q2 316 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 196 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 151 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 143 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 214 4 2 18691.6
2019 Q1 223 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 175 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 141 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 188 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 89 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 155 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 156 7 0 44871.8
2016 Q4 209 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 192 7 2 36458.3
2016 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 116 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 71 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 171 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 110 1 0 9090.9
2014 Q2 219 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 29 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 68 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 10 1 0 100000.0
2013 Q1 146 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 23 1 0 43478.3
2012 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 206 4 3 19417.5
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 389 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 477 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 177 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 186 5 3 26881.7
2010 Q1 136 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 979 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 770 2 1 2597.4
2009 Q1 525 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 544 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 492 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 550 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 721 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 726 4 2 5509.6
2007 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 391 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 960 11 4 11458.3
2003 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 683 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 693 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 605 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,001 2 2 1998.0
2002 Q1 663 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 876 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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