Mining Incidents

GREY ROCK MISSION PIT: 43 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Recwest Inc · Surface
Controlled by Tom Neal
Mesa, Pima County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202759

GREY ROCK MISSION PIT has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Nov 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
43
citations
20
significant & substantial
$4,991
proposed penalties
$1,961
paid to date
39% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,030 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
129
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: 129 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

GREY ROCK MISSION PIT has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-09-30.
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.
46.5%
significant & substantial
2.3%
high negligence or reckless
46.5%
reasonably likely or greater
67.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.3% low, 74.4% moderate, 2.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Recwest Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 0
2002 6
2001 9
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

GREY ROCK MISSION PIT sits in Pima County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Pima County, Arizona · Population 1,049,947
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$67,929
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
2003 Q3 0 26 16
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 2,640 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,168 1 0 315.7
2002 Q2 3,120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,072 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,920 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 4,080 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,800 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,536 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,160 10 2 1938.0
2000 Q3 2,016 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,595 2 0 770.7
2000 Q1 3,120 4 2 1282.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

November 7, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Recwest Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE FUEL TRUCK WOULD NOT START. SO WE TURNED THE ENGINE SO THE STARTER WOULD NOT BE IN A DEAD SPOT. WE THEN TRIED TO START THE TRUCK IT WOULD STILL NOT START SO I TURNED THE ENGINE A LITTLE BI T MORE AND THE STARTER ENGAGED CATCHING MY HAND IN THE BELT TAKING IT AROUND THE ALTERNATOR PULLEY.