Mining Incidents

Goat Creek Mining: 67 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Goat Creek Mining · Surface
Controlled by Samuel Haught
Star Valley, Gila County, AZ  ·  Temporarily Idled
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.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
37.3%
significant & substantial
14.9%
high negligence or reckless
37.3%
reasonably likely or greater
43.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.0% low, 79.1% moderate, 14.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2019-04-03, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 1.17 0.56 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2010-06-08 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.
Ownership history
  1. Gila Redi Mix Inc. 2001 to 2004
  2. Goat Creek Mining 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 2
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 2
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2003 4
2002 4
2001 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Goat Creek Mining sits in Gila County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 5.8% 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.
Gila County, Arizona · Population 53,610
5.8%
Mining share of county employment
$59,089
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 20 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
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
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 34 3 0 88235.3
2024 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
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.