Mining Incidents

Happy Valley Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Holcim Ltd
Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202803

Happy Valley Quarry has $11K 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
6
Years on record
1999–2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
45
citations
21
significant & substantial
$11,173
proposed penalties
$11,173
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
17
inspections on record
235
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: 235 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Happy Valley Quarry has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-01-31.
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
2010 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 597 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,189 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,001 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,566 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,492 2 1 445.2
2007 Q4 7,272 0 0 0.0
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 5,782 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,130 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,640 2 1 354.6
2006 Q4 5,035 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 856 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,717 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,000 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,782 8 4 1383.6
2005 Q3 6,034 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,965 4 3 670.6
2005 Q1 5,855 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,700 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,426 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,595 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,317 4 0 926.6
2003 Q4 5,545 1 0 180.3
2003 Q3 4,456 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,707 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,212 1 1 237.4
2002 Q4 3,169 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,623 5 2 1906.2
2002 Q2 3,605 4 2 1109.6
2002 Q1 2,909 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,888 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,409 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,812 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,543 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,801 3 1 789.3
2000 Q3 2,569 7 3 2724.8
2000 Q2 2,545 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

October 31, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge North America Inc · Struck by falling object

Two EE's were loading GT-60 drill steel from the ground onto a truck with a drill steel rack. The ground in the area was uneven and when they put it onto the truck, the drill steel dropped on EE's hand and smashed his knuckles. EE had pins inserted in that hand when he was 13 years old and stated the hand felt different, so we took him to the emergency room.

May 24, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge North America Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A co-worker was running from being sprayed by water from the water truck and accidently ran into employee, knocking him down.

2005 · 2 incidents

July 12, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Sun State Rock & Materials Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While filling water truck, rock and dirt slid down embankment causing employee to be knocked from barrier he was standing on. He fell between water truck and barrier wall.

July 11, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Sun State Rock & Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Reaching behind seat of haul truck to get seat belt, he hurt his hand on the A/C fan blade.

2004 · 1 incident

October 23, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Sun State Rock & Materials Corp · Flash burns (electric)

While attempting to reverse the rotation of an electrical motor, employee received flash burns to both eyes & minor burns to his rt. wrist. EE opened what he believed to be the correct circuit breaker. However, the wrong circuit breaker was in fact opened thus the power was not shut off to the motor. He was using a pair of needle nose pyiers to move the wires, explosion occurred.

1999 · 1 incident

January 15, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge North America Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS ATTEMPTING TO ATTACH LIGHT PLANT TRAILER HITCH TO HITCH BALL. RATHER THAN USING CORRECT METHOD OF RAISING HITC WITH THE BUILTIN LIFTING DEVICE, AND THEN LOWERING ONTO THE HITCH BALL, THRE MINER INSTEAD WAS JUST OIFTING THE TRAILER ALL, TH EE INSTEAD WAS JUST LIFTING THE TRAILER TONGUE WITH HIS HANDS. HIS RT. HAND THEN WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HITCXH & BALL, RESULTING IN A P

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