Bray Construction Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner was injured performing maintenance on a conveyor belt bearing. Sustained an eye injury when foreign debris entered his right eye.
PC-1: 47 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
PC-1 has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $38K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2012
- Latest incident
- May 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
47
citations
22
significant & substantial
$39,187
proposed penalties
$800
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $38,387 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
11
inspections on record
162
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 162 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
PC-1 has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $38K outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$39K
proposed penalties
$39K
current assessed
$800
paid to date
$38K
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $36K in penalties contested before the Commission, $36K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-02-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.46.8%
significant & substantial
29.8%
high negligence or reckless
46.8%
reasonably likely or greater
53.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.6% low, 59.6% moderate, 29.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
22
citations taken to the federal commission · 47% of citations on record
- Settled 16 · 73%
- Stood as issued 6 · 27%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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 15 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$36K proposed, $36K 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 2014-03-05.
Contested penalties
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT 2014-0252 | Settlement | Miller | 2014 | $22K → $22K |
| CENT 2014-0251 | Dismissal | Manning | 2014 | $7K → $7K |
| CENT 2014-0188 | Dismissal | Manning | 2014 | $6K → $6K |
| CENT 2014-0187 | Dismissal | Manning | 2014 | $380 → $380 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Bray Construction Inc. 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2012 | 8 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PC-1 sits in Maricopa County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q3 | 2,301 | 16 | 5 | 6953.5 |
| 2013 Q2 | 676 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 2,158 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 3,750 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 5,501 | 8 | 2 | 1454.3 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.