Mining Incidents

Hell's Canyon Quarry: 13 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Black Mesa Resources LLC · Surface
Dolan Springs, Mohave County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0203241

Hell's Canyon Quarry has $1K 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 2009
13
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,300
proposed penalties
$1,300
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
7
inspections on record
73
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: 73 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hell's Canyon Quarry has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-29.
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.
7.7%
significant & substantial
15.4%
high negligence or reckless
7.7%
reasonably likely or greater
7.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 84.6% moderate, 15.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Black Mesa Resources LLC 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 4
2009 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hell's Canyon Quarry sits in Mohave County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Mohave County, Arizona · Population 217,420
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,799
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
2016 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 14 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 13 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,305 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 254 3 0 11811.0
2011 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 76 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 78 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2 10 1 5000000.0

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.