Mining Incidents

Jomax Plant 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by C William Nichols
Poria, Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202693

Jomax Plant 2 has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1998–2007
Latest incident
Jun 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
74
citations
20
significant & substantial
$15,617
proposed penalties
$13,541
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,076 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
22
inspections on record
306
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: 306 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Jomax Plant 2 has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
73 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-09-19.
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
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 1,007 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,079 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,103 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,904 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,544 16 6 2886.0
2007 Q2 5,705 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,914 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 5,787 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,363 10 0 1864.6
2006 Q2 6,181 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,206 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,507 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,973 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,434 3 0 403.6
2005 Q1 5,470 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,498 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,273 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,423 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,909 3 0 767.5
2003 Q4 3,642 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,657 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,023 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,164 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,288 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,191 2 0 278.1
2002 Q1 5,985 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,800 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,329 3 2 693.0
2001 Q2 5,690 11 4 1933.2
2001 Q1 1,961 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,583 16 3 4465.5
2000 Q3 3,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,813 7 5 1835.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2007 · 1 incident

June 28, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kilauea Crushers Inc · Struck against a moving object

Hauling 30 tons of sedora red, he hit a rock off to the side of the road and lost control of the haul truck

2005 · 2 incidents

September 21, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kilauea Crushers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Lifting shieve into place on PTO, it shifted, pinching his thumbs between shieve and guard.

March 31, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kilauea Crushers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Stablilizer screening plant feed screw was stuck and not turning. He reached in to pull out obstruction and screw started turning pinching his thumb between screw and cylinder. He assumed that the breaker had tripped due to the obstruction, causing the operating system to be energized and that is why he didn't lock out system.

2001 · 2 incidents

October 23, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kilauea Crushers Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A BOARD AS AN ADJUSTMENT TOOL FOR A DRIVE BELT. WHEN BOARD BROKE CAUSED A SUDDEN FORWARD HAND MOVEMENT & THUMB WAS BENT BACK.

July 20, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kilauea Crushers Inc · Struck by falling object

DIGGING OUT CRUSHER WITH HANDS A ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF GRASP AND LANDED ON LEFT FOOT.

1999 · 2 incidents

May 19, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kilauea Crushers Inc · Fall onto or against objects

REMOVING STEEL (DRILL) FROM HOLE MANUALLY, STEEL STARTED TO SLIP BACK INTO HOLE, SO HE GRABBED IT AND TWISTED BACK.

May 12, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kilauea Crushers Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING STEEL (DRILL FROM HOLE MANUALLY, STEEL STARTED TO SLIP BACK INTO HOLE SO HE GRABBED IT AND TWISTED BACK.

1998 · 1 incident

October 14, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kilauea Crushers Inc · Fall from machine

REPAIRING CHAIN ON BELT DRIVE, FELL OFF BELT APPROX 10 FT.

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