Mining Incidents

Patagonia Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Brent C Bowdon
Mesa, Santa Cruz County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202176

Patagonia Pit has $6K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
41
citations
14
significant & substantial
$6,158
proposed penalties
$4,339
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,819 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
283
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: 283 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Patagonia Pit has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 219 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 135 2 2 14814.8
2015 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 232 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 141 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 156 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 69 3 0 43478.3
2014 Q2 221 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 286 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 49 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 194 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 77 4 1 51948.1
2012 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 209 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 255 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 141 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 225 3 1 13333.3
2010 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 152 1 0 6578.9
2009 Q1 212 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 252 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 261 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 476 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 385 4 1 10389.6
2007 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 449 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 549 11 1 20036.4
2007 Q1 614 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 681 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 544 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 926 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 699 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 790 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 917 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 789 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 477 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 410 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 324 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 360 3 3 8333.3
2003 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 976 3 1 3073.8
2003 Q1 469 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 622 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 452 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 257 2 2 7782.1
2001 Q3 644 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,174 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 415 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 71 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 131 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 145 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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