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: 229 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
LITCHFIELD PLANT has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-17.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2004-09-08, 21 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-09-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-09-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-08
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.
LITCHFIELD PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.88 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
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
5.50
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
5.69
5.69
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2012
0
2011
0
2010
1
2009
15
2008
15
2007
15
2006
14
2005
13
2004
14
2003
12
2002
9
2001
11
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
LITCHFIELD PLANT sits in Maricopa County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Maricopa County, Arizona · Population 4,491,987
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$85,518
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
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
0
0
0
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
1
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q2
191
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
221
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4
3,440
1
0
290.7
2009 Q3
5,076
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
8,154
1
0
122.6
2009 Q1
7,373
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
7,823
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
8,365
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
9,365
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
8,533
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
8,559
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
9,661
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
9,285
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
8,866
1
1
112.8
2006 Q4
6,659
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
7,969
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
9,111
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
10,458
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
8,257
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
7,777
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
8,046
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
8,637
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
8,278
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
9,604
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
9,404
1
0
106.3
2004 Q1
7,838
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
8,601
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
8,248
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,624
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
6,966
2
1
287.1
2002 Q4
6,572
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,890
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,148
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,792
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,755
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
6,571
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
7,102
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,913
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,832
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,912
6
1
868.1
2000 Q2
8,720
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
7,637
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2007 · 1 incident
February 19, 2007AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bolt dropped unexpectedly, bounced striking left hand and slicing the thumb through the glove.
2004 · 1 incident
December 16, 2004AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was replacing paddle hubs in blade mill. While lifting and moving hub on shaft he allegedly strained back. Employee went home at end of shift. He was transported from his home to the E.R. on the morning of December 16th, complaining of severe back pain. He was diagnosed with a strained back muscle.
REPLACING TROUGHING ROLLER ON PIT BELT #6. ROLLER WAS STUCK. REACHED BEHIND ROLLER AND ROLLER WENT INTO BRACKET, SMASHING LEFT INDEX FINGER.
1999 · 3 incidents
November 15, 1999AZ · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS LOADING A HOSE ONTO A PICK UP TRUCK WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
March 25, 1997AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS