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Meadow Creek Pit: 87 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Kingman, Mohave County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201064

Meadow Creek Pit has $12K 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
4
Years on record
1990–2008
Latest incident
Apr 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
87
citations
17
significant & substantial
$11,747
proposed penalties
$11,747
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Desert Construction Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
49
inspections on record
463
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: 463 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Meadow Creek Pit has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-11-17.
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.
19.5%
significant & substantial
3.4%
high negligence or reckless
19.5%
reasonably likely or greater
71.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.5% low, 85.1% moderate, 3.4% 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: 2019-03-21, 7 years ago
8
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-03-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2009-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2005-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-22 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.
Ownership history
  1. Desert Construction Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 4
2011 6
2010 6
2009 5
2008 6
2007 5
2006 4
2005 5
2004 4
2003 3
2002 3
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Meadow Creek Pit sits in Mohave County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Mohave County, Arizona · Population 217,420
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,799
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
2022 Q2 236 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 352 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 580 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 299 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 383 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 300 1 0 3333.3
2020 Q3 668 0 0 0.0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 1,080 2 0 1851.9
2020 Q1 907 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 930 3 0 3225.8
2019 Q3 1,173 1 0 852.5
2019 Q2 1,031 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 879 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 602 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 820 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,026 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,083 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,132 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,016 1 0 984.3
2017 Q2 1,001 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,006 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 946 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 917 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 881 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,058 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,038 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,040 4 0 3846.2
2015 Q1 858 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 808 3 1 3712.9
2014 Q3 524 1 0 1908.4
2014 Q2 857 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 953 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 921 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,017 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 965 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 690 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 665 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,135 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,054 2 0 1897.5
2012 Q1 1,058 2 1 1890.4
2011 Q4 1,122 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,258 1 0 794.9
2011 Q1 1,257 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,183 2 1 1690.6
2010 Q3 1,263 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,363 1 0 733.7
2010 Q1 1,207 2 0 1657.0
2009 Q4 1,128 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,293 1 1 773.4
2009 Q2 1,169 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,135 15 1 13215.9
2008 Q4 1,273 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,833 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,868 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,433 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,432 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,117 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,146 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,079 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,141 3 1 1401.2
2006 Q3 2,511 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,729 14 1 5130.1
2006 Q1 1,575 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,196 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,558 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,656 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,988 1 0 503.0
2004 Q4 2,466 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,465 2 1 811.4
2004 Q2 1,897 3 2 1581.4
2004 Q1 1,768 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,828 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,829 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,925 2 0 1039.0
2003 Q1 1,787 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,694 8 4 4722.6
2002 Q3 1,771 4 1 2258.6
2002 Q2 1,869 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,779 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,716 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,312 2 0 865.1
2001 Q2 2,275 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,177 2 0 918.7
2000 Q4 2,532 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,964 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,801 4 2 2221.0
2000 Q1 1,708 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2008 · 1 incident

April 28, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Desert Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured employee slipped off of the step of the loader he was operating. He caught himself using the handrails, but strained his back in the process. He was operating under normal conditions.

2007 · 1 incident

August 6, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
Desert Construction Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was performing some repairs on the Kue Ken jaw crusher at the facility. While exiting the position from which he was working, the employee twisted in such a way that he aggravated muscles in his lower back. **The employee did not report this injury to a supervisor until 8-14-07**

2004 · 1 incident

September 4, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Desert Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Plant operator not paying attention to the other mechanics. Was changing coveyer belt.

1990 · 1 incident

April 12, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Desert Construction Inc · Fall from machine

THIS EMPLOYEE FELL OFF CONVEYOR BELT ONTO THE SCREEN GUARD WHICH REQUIRED STICHES TO HIS ARM