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Mine #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Johnny Weik III
MESA, Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0202799

Mine #2 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2019
Latest incident
Jun 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
100
citations
36
significant & substantial
$19,423
proposed penalties
$19,115
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $308 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
494
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: 494 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine #2 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
100 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 2,332 7 5 3001.7
2025 Q3 4,826 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,594 7 2 2698.5
2025 Q1 816 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,584 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,311 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,195 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,216 4 0 1805.1
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,527 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,090 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 443 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,358 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 969 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,117 5 0 1604.1
2022 Q2 3,092 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,968 4 0 1347.7
2021 Q4 2,314 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 547 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,620 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,639 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,762 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,704 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,081 1 1 480.5
2020 Q1 1,777 1 0 562.7
2019 Q4 4,951 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,499 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,058 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,221 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 66 1 1 15151.5
2018 Q3 3,141 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,715 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 986 2 0 2028.4
2017 Q4 3,178 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,581 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,563 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,788 1 0 358.7
2016 Q4 3,505 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,402 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,623 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,139 6 3 1167.5
2015 Q4 4,066 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,317 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,217 7 2 2175.9
2015 Q1 3,926 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,411 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,600 3 2 1153.8
2014 Q1 1,394 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 828 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,701 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,596 1 0 278.1
2013 Q1 2,465 9 8 3651.1
2012 Q4 3,157 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,807 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,599 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,659 5 2 1366.5
2011 Q4 2,381 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,615 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,534 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,367 2 0 1463.1
2010 Q4 1,347 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,426 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,545 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,813 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,536 3 0 848.4
2009 Q3 4,062 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,121 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,025 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,027 2 0 496.6
2008 Q3 2,776 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,391 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,592 8 2 1742.2
2007 Q4 3,233 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,627 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,544 10 2 6476.7
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 2,002 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,395 2 2 455.1
2006 Q1 3,146 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,516 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,865 3 2 776.2
2005 Q2 5,349 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,303 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 1 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 725 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,257 1 0 795.5
2002 Q2 3,999 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,291 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 1,538 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 679 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,326 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,723 4 2 1074.4
2000 Q3 2,538 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,241 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,189 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2019 · 2 incidents

June 14, 2019 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Struck against a moving object

Laborer was passenger in other laborers personal truck. They were driving on an approximately 1 1/2 mile hilly dirt road. The driver met a drilling machine on the road, hit brakes, lost control of truck, went off the road and rolled truck. The posted speed limit was 15 mph. The driver said EE was driving 35-40 mph.

June 14, 2019 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Struck against a moving object

Laborer was driving personal truck with another laborer to go and pick up the water truck. It was a dirt road approximately 1 1/2 miles long. The driver met a drilling machine on the road, hit the brakes, lost control and went off the road and rolled the truck. Speed limit was 15 mph. Driver said they were driving 35-40 mph.

2012 · 1 incident

May 21, 2012 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was helping to install a chute on a 6x20 screening plant. He was using a prybar to help align the chute when the chute shifted and his right ring finger got caught between the chute and the screening plant. His finger was fractured. He saw a doctor on 5/23/12 and was released to full duty. Following his doctor's appointment he went on his scheduled vacation.

2011 · 1 incident

April 18, 2011 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning the head pulley shaft with a pneumatic sander when disc flew off and struck employee both the left and right forearm. The employee returned to work the same day with no restrictions determined by Foothills Walk-In Medical Care. No loss of time from work.

2009 · 1 incident

April 6, 2009 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hitting a loader tooth with a hammer (in an attempt to loosen and remove the pin), piece of steel broke off of tooth and punctured right thigh. The fragment was 5mm x 11mm. Worker received two stiches.

2001 · 1 incident

January 15, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS LIFTING A 5 GAL. BUCKET AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

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