Mining Incidents

Josephine Canyon Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County, AZ  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0203437

Josephine Canyon Pit has $4K 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 2023
22
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,870
proposed penalties
$3,870
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
9
inspections on record
64
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: 64 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Josephine Canyon Pit has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-20.
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
2025 Q4 1,323 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,507 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 993 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,247 2 1 1603.8
2024 Q4 1,056 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,525 14 0 9180.3
2024 Q2 1,096 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,186 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,471 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,288 6 1 4658.4
2023 Q2 1,361 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 860 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,355 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 392 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,163 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,234 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,116 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 215 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 144 0 0 0.0

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.

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