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Ina Pit: 81 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Cal Mat Co · Surface
Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
TUCSON, Pima County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201483

Ina Pit has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1985–2015
Latest incident
Mar 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
81
citations
20
significant & substantial
$23,350
proposed penalties
$22,350
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cal Mat Co's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
483
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: 483 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ina Pit has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-17.
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.
24.7%
significant & substantial
7.4%
high negligence or reckless
24.7%
reasonably likely or greater
61.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.6% low, 84.0% moderate, 7.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 50%
10%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $9K 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 2015-02-18.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2015-0355 Default Lesnick 2015 $5K → $5K
WEST 2015-0390 Settlement Bulluck 2015 $5K → $4K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2009-04-02, 17 years ago
8%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz121 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-03-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.1 0.35 3.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Truck Driver
2009-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.22 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.94 0.20 Washer Operator
2007-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.56 0.55 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.47 0.22 Washer Operator
2005-05-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.36 0.26 Truck Driver
2005-05-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.02 0.15 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.8 0.41 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.79 0.22 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-03-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2005-03-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.73 0.51 Truck Driver
2003-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.51 0.33 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.01 0.15 Washer Operator
2003-11-18 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.

Ina Pit recorded 9.91 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.91
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.99 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2008 * 9.91 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 3.02 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Columbia Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to 1983
  2. Columbia Materials 1983 to 1986
  3. Blue Circle West 1986 to 1989
  4. B C W Inc 1989 to 1990
  5. Cemex Construction Materials, Inc. 1990 to 2003
  6. Cemex Construction Materials LP 2003 to 2007
  7. Staker & Parson Co. 2008 to 2015
  8. Cal Mat Co 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 6
2014 8
2013 8
2012 7
2011 6
2010 5
2009 7
2008 11
2007 18
2006 23
2005 27
2004 24
2003 20
2002 19
2001 27
2000 30
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ina 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
2015 Q3 849 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,775 12 2 4324.3
2015 Q1 3,928 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,049 1 0 247.0
2014 Q3 4,028 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,944 1 0 253.5
2014 Q1 3,812 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,113 2 0 486.3
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3 4,406 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,853 3 1 778.6
2013 Q1 3,562 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,248 5 0 1539.4
2012 Q3 3,503 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,761 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,277 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,974 1 1 336.2
2011 Q3 3,837 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,128 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,541 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,625 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,739 2 0 730.2
2010 Q2 2,724 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,115 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,229 2 1 897.3
2009 Q3 2,792 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,361 4 0 917.2
2009 Q1 3,936 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,783 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,503 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,841 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,062 1 0 246.2
2007 Q4 6,205 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,952 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,948 2 0 251.6
2007 Q1 7,845 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,599 2 0 263.2
2006 Q3 8,248 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 11,713 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 13,571 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 15,171 2 0 131.8
2005 Q3 11,872 3 1 252.7
2005 Q2 12,663 2 2 157.9
2005 Q1 11,000 4 2 363.6
2004 Q4 15,197 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 11,892 1 0 84.1
2004 Q2 12,107 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 11,411 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 11,140 4 0 359.1
2003 Q3 10,936 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10,694 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 9,120 5 3 548.2
2002 Q4 13,138 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,569 9 2 1189.1
2002 Q2 13,356 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 15,750 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 15,193 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 15,283 1 0 65.4
2001 Q1 19,924 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 15,758 4 2 253.8
2000 Q3 15,173 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 15,870 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 15,712 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2015 · 1 incident

March 23, 2015 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Staker & Parson Co. · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee was complaining of chest pain, an ambulance was called. EKG normal & blood pressure high so employee was taken to the hospital.

2014 · 1 incident

January 29, 2014 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Staker & Parson Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was hauling dirt. While in the yard he noticed a large rock between two tires on his trailer. He grabbed his hammer and started hitting the rock to get it out of there. Hit it a couple of times and then both tires blew while he was hitting at the rock. After the tires blew, the loader operator looked and noticed him on the ground. He called his manager to call 911.

2008 · 1 incident

March 7, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Staker & Parson Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was assisting in the repair & replacement of the hub & flights on the rock scrubber at the wet plant. Equipment was locked out & tagged out. Two employees were lifting the hub into the rock scrubber with a loader & were removing the hub into the scrubber. Hub was heavier than expected & his finger was pinched between the hub & frame of scrubber causing a laceration.

2002 · 2 incidents

October 14, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex Construction Materials, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS REMOVING FLIGHT FROM BLADEMILL, APPLYING PRESSURE WHEN IT CAME LOOSE AND FELL AGAINST SIDE OF BLADEMILL. EE RECEIVED LACERATION TO HIS FINGER WHICH REQUIRED 6 STITCHES.

May 24, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cemex Construction Materials, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING INSIDE CHUTE AT WASH PLANT WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG & WELD FELL ON HIS KNEE AND BURNT THROUGH HIS PANTS AND ROLLED INTO HIS BOOT. BURNT INTO TOP OF FOOT BEFORE HE COULD GET BO OT OFF. THIS HAPPENED ON FRIDAY. HE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN FOOT GOT INFECTED.

2001 · 1 incident

September 17, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal scalper-screen operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cemex Construction Materials, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WASH PLANT OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING RUBBER HOSE ON PIPE FITTING. WHILE CUTTING HOSE WITH UTILITY KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED THROUGH RUBBER AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FIRST FINGER. HE WAS SENT TO CONCENTRA AND RECEIVED STITCHES. HE RETURNED TO WORK NEXT SHIFT.

1999 · 2 incidents

August 10, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cemex Construction Materials, Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TOOK LAST STEP OFF LOADER STEP ON SIDE OF EMBANKMENT AND TUMBLED DOWN TO BOTTOM.

July 25, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex Construction Materials, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

PUMP WAS RUNNING FOR APPROX 1/2 HR. EMPLOYEE SHUT DOWN PUMP AND BEGAN DISCONNECTING PUMP TO SWITCH TO BIGGER PUMP. WHEN REMOVING HOSE, HOT WATER SPRAYED OUT, BURNING HIS WRIST AND ARM.

1991 · 2 incidents

June 20, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cemex Construction Materials, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO MOVE A ROCK WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED SMASHING HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

1988 · 1 incident

December 21, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Circle West · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SETTING SCREEN FOR ROCK SHAKER LOWERING IT TO CATWALK REPLACING OLDE ONE FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

1987 · 1 incident

February 11, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Circle West · Struck against stationary object

EMPL PRYING ROC5 OUT OF FEEDER DOOR WHEN PRY BAR SLIPPED SLAMMING FINGER AGAINST HOPPER.

1986 · 1 incident

January 6, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Columbia Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BR9AKING UP WOOD PALLETS FOR FIRE. A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A NAIL IN IT BOUNCED UP AND HIT HIS SHIN, PUNCTURING THE SKIN.

1985 · 7 incidents

November 12, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Columbia Materials · Fall from machine

CLIMBING DOWN O0F CONVEYOR BELT AFTER INSTALLING LIGHT FIXTURE. LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF CONCRETE SLAB AND TWISTED ANKLE AT THE SAME TIME.

October 24, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Columbia Materials · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE WORKING O3 TOP OF A CRUSHER, HE STEPPED IN SOME GREASE AND FELL AND HIT THE INSIDE OF RIGHT KNEE AGAINST METAL.

August 23, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Columbia Materials · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RUNNING A3HAUL TRUCK FROM PIT TO HOPPER, LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING.

August 19, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Columbia Materials · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO LIFT A STEEL PLATE AND INJURED LOWER BACK.

August 9, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Columbia Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYING A 1IECE OF IRON AT WORK, IT SLIPPED AND HE WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST.

August 3, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Columbia Materials · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING A5ONG YARD ROAD TO LOAD TRUCK AND SOMETHING IN BACK TWISTED OR POPPED AND GOT TIGHT.

May 17, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Columbia Materials · Fall from machine

STEPPED OFF FRO3T END LOADER AND LEFT FOOT LANDED IN A HOLE. BODY WEIGHT PLUS FOOT IN HOLE CAUSED ANKLE TO TWIST.