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: 718 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hualapai Pit has $103K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$103K
proposed penalties
$102K
current assessed
$102K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
158 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-12.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $5K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-07-06.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2026-02-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper Operator
2022-03-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.72
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-04-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.49
0.09
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.32
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.34
0.27
Washer Operator
2004-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.38
0.13
Cleanup Man
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
4
2024
4
2023
5
2022
5
2021
5
2020
6
2019
8
2018
6
2017
6
2016
6
2015
7
2014
5
2013
6
2012
5
2011
6
2010
7
2009
7
2008
8
2007
9
2006
10
2005
10
2004
9
2003
9
2002
7
2001
5
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hualapai Pit 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
2026 Q2
1,133
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
1,291
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
1,543
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
1,168
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
876
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,009
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,368
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
1,321
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
749
1
0
1335.1
2024 Q1
1,157
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
1,428
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,328
1
0
753.0
2023 Q2
1,571
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
1,585
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
1,833
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,546
1
0
646.8
2022 Q2
1,615
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,402
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
1,600
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
2,183
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
1,948
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
2,227
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,521
2
0
793.3
2020 Q3
2,763
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,039
2
0
980.9
2020 Q1
2,511
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,406
3
0
1246.9
2019 Q3
2,956
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
3,189
5
1
1567.9
2019 Q1
2,511
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,571
7
1
2722.7
2018 Q3
2,325
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,326
1
0
429.9
2018 Q1
2,077
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,221
1
0
450.2
2017 Q3
2,145
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,752
3
0
1090.1
2017 Q1
2,631
1
0
380.1
2016 Q4
2,648
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,490
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
2,413
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,067
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,212
2
0
904.2
2015 Q3
2,038
1
0
490.7
2015 Q2
2,318
2
0
862.8
2015 Q1
1,415
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,735
6
2
3458.2
2014 Q3
1,212
1
1
825.1
2014 Q2
1,314
3
2
2283.1
2014 Q1
1,260
2
0
1587.3
2013 Q4
1,341
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,631
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,353
2
1
1478.2
2013 Q1
1,490
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,301
3
0
2305.9
2012 Q3
1,453
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,514
8
1
5284.0
2012 Q1
857
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,381
14
2
10137.6
2011 Q3
1,683
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,615
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,030
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,535
2
0
1302.9
2010 Q3
1,731
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,933
3
0
1552.0
2010 Q1
1,874
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,899
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
2,530
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,745
17
7
9742.1
2009 Q1
1,413
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,770
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
2,981
1
0
335.5
2008 Q2
3,011
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,943
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
3,220
1
0
310.6
2007 Q3
3,414
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,136
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,236
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
4,303
5
2
1162.0
2006 Q3
4,204
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
4,049
5
0
1234.9
2006 Q1
5,391
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
4,607
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,074
2
1
394.2
2005 Q2
5,021
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,669
13
4
3543.2
2004 Q4
3,603
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,960
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,304
3
0
908.0
2004 Q1
3,193
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,794
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,303
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,484
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
3,990
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,292
5
0
1165.0
2002 Q3
3,447
9
1
2611.0
2002 Q2
3,375
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,798
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,270
4
3
1223.2
2001 Q3
2,296
10
1
4355.4
2001 Q2
2,380
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,128
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,828
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,814
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,656
6
0
2259.0
2000 Q1
3,568
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
May 13, 2014AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFatality · MACHINERY
During maintenance, a miner was struck by the boom of an excavator that was being used to position crusher parts; causing him to lose balance and fall approximately 11 feet. The fall resulted in several broken bones. MSHA arrived on site the afternoon of the accident and started an investigation. *Employee died on 5/26/2015.
Reportable incidents
11 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2023 · 1 incident
May 11, 2023AZ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The injured employee was climbing the stairs of his equipment when his foot slipped off of the step. He banged his knee on the equipment as a result of his foot slipping off the step.
2002 · 1 incident
December 23, 2002AZ · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
THIS EMP,LYEE WAS AT HULALAI PIT WHERE HE WAS ADJUSTING THE V-BELTS WITH THE POWER ON THUS IT GRABBED HIS HAND CRUSHING & TAKING OFF 2 FINGERS AT THE FIRST KNUCKLE
1989 · 1 incident
April 17, 1989AZ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS