Mining Incidents

Little Cedar Knoll Pit: 102 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Crush It Company LLC · Surface
Fredonia, Coconino County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201894

Little Cedar Knoll Pit has $40K 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
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
May 1985
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
102
citations
35
significant & substantial
$40,443
proposed penalties
$40,443
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
35
inspections on record
628
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: 628 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Little Cedar Knoll Pit has $40K 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.
$40K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-09.
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.
35.4%
significant & substantial
19.2%
high negligence or reckless
34.3%
reasonably likely or greater
60.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.1% low, 66.7% moderate, 19.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2016-10-19, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.87 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.4 0.30 Backhoe 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.
Ownership history
  1. JDM Sand and Rock, Inc. 1978 to 2020
  2. Crush It Company LLC 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 4
2018 3
2017 4
2016 3
2015 5
2014 3
2013 5
2012 4
2011 5
2010 5
2009 5
2008 6
2007 6
2006 5
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 5
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Little Cedar Knoll Pit sits in Coconino 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.
Coconino County, Arizona · Population 144,643
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$69,748
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
2019 Q4 239 3 1 12552.3
2019 Q3 851 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 430 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 343 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,037 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 269 0 0 0.0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4 101 4 0 39604.0
2017 Q3 782 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 869 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 125 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 401 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 113 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2 3 1 1500000.0
2015 Q4 277 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 63 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 461 1 0 2169.2
2015 Q1 761 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 263 6 3 22813.7
2014 Q2 31 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 745 25 8 33557.0
2013 Q2 515 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 565 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 899 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 427 17 7 39812.6
2012 Q1 138 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,015 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 851 1 0 1175.1
2011 Q2 1,445 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 753 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 362 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 965 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 910 12 6 13186.8
2010 Q1 325 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 411 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 345 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 365 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 433 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,015 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,060 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 958 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 435 3 2 6896.6
2007 Q3 1,118 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 945 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 494 1 0 2024.3
2006 Q4 969 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,325 4 1 3018.9
2006 Q2 1,445 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 935 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 963 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,090 1 1 917.4
2005 Q2 965 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 483 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 608 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,285 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 805 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 248 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 485 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,525 6 0 3934.4
2003 Q1 485 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 725 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 655 3 0 4580.2
2002 Q1 185 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 965 12 5 12435.2
2001 Q1 165 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 365 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 205 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

May 3, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
JDM Sand and Rock, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A CONVEYOR BELT SLIPPED LETTING IT DOWN ON THE RT RING FINGER THE FINGER NAIL TO THE BONE WAS CUT