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Mine #3: 94 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Johnny Weik III
Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0203145

Mine #3 has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
94
citations
28
significant & substantial
$24,796
proposed penalties
$23,979
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $817 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Superstition Crushing L.L.C.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
36
inspections on record
474
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: 474 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 #3 has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
94 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-09.
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.
29.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.7%
reasonably likely or greater
57.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.1% low, 97.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 80%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 20%
60%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-10-14.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2012-19M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $897 → $651
WEST 2012-36M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $705 → $142
WEST 2009-30M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $500 → $400
WEST 2009-29M Withdrawal Lesnick 2012 $285 → $0
WEST 2011-1548M Settlement Miller 2012 $127 → $127
WEST 2009-1253M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $108 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-07-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.72 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 0.65 0.83 Laborer, Bullgang
2025-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2024-01-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.35 0.22 Building Repair/Maint.
2024-01-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-10-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Truck Driver
2016-10-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 2.37 0.19 Cleanup Man
2013-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 0.65 0.91 Laborer, Bullgang
2013-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.73 0.74 0.99 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-06-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.48 0.81 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Superstition Crushing L.L.C. 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 4
2024 4
2023 3
2022 3
2021 4
2020 5
2019 5
2018 4
2017 5
2016 5
2015 4
2014 6
2013 6
2012 5
2011 5
2010 4
2009 2
2008 3
2007 4
2006 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mine #3 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
2026 Q2 2,905 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,401 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 478 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 939 1 0 1065.0
2025 Q2 961 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 456 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 927 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,202 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,799 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,576 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,734 4 1 1463.1
2023 Q2 2,732 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,420 9 6 3719.0
2022 Q4 2,483 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,914 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,627 3 1 1142.0
2022 Q1 2,685 4 2 1489.8
2021 Q4 2,442 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,588 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,621 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,764 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,180 1 0 239.2
2020 Q3 3,567 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,906 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,806 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,951 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,245 1 0 235.6
2019 Q2 4,014 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,734 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 537 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,629 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,551 6 2 2352.0
2018 Q1 1,464 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,901 4 1 1025.4
2017 Q3 4,087 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,623 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,511 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,743 2 0 729.1
2016 Q3 3,758 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,502 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 589 6 0 10186.8
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 3,508 2 0 570.1
2015 Q2 2,756 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,165 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,299 5 1 1163.1
2014 Q3 2,465 9 3 3651.1
2014 Q2 3,997 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,675 1 1 373.8
2013 Q4 2,327 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,394 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,267 3 0 1323.3
2013 Q1 2,104 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,237 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,453 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,516 2 1 1319.3
2012 Q1 3,155 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,835 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,899 8 3 2051.8
2011 Q2 3,332 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,037 7 1 2304.9
2010 Q4 2,928 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,883 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,199 3 1 1364.3
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 2,348 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 770 4 1 5194.8
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 2,547 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,596 4 1 1540.8
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 352 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,023 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,255 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,515 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,852 2 0 519.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

July 21, 2025 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While descending the ladder on the screen plant, foot slipped off lower rung. Caught self with left hand causing shoulder strain and sprained EE's left foot/ankle when it hit the ground.