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: 171 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Plant 14 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $400 in penalties contested before the Commission, $331 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-29.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$121 proposed, $121 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2020-01-28.
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.
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: 2017-06-01, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
1.47
0.28
Lab Technician
2017-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.76
0.34
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
1.2
0.40
Cleanup Man
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
20
2025
0
2024
2
2023
0
2022
0
2021
3
2020
7
2019
2
2018
7
2017
3
2015
0
2014
0
2013
3
2012
0
2011
5
2009
0
2006
1
2005
0
2004
6
2003
8
2002
3
2001
2
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Plant 14 sits in Yavapai County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Yavapai County, Arizona · Population 241,656
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,106
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 Q1
3,124
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
0
0
0
2025 Q3
0
0
0
2025 Q2
0
0
0
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
2,609
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
0
0
0
2024 Q2
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
284
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
552
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
736
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,971
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,049
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
844
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
3,038
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,033
1
0
968.1
2019 Q3
129
1
0
7751.9
2019 Q2
549
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
3,801
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
4,173
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,502
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
834
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,196
3
0
1366.1
2017 Q3
299
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,343
1
0
744.6
2017 Q1
492
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q3
0
0
0
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
1,022
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
423
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
7,644
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
0
0
0
2011 Q2
4,163
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,753
1
0
363.2
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
261
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,837
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
0
0
0
2005 Q3
0
0
0
2005 Q2
0
0
0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
2,310
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,300
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,394
10
2
2946.4
2004 Q1
1,189
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
9,868
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
353
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,195
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
6,741
3
0
445.0
2002 Q4
169
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
657
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,145
2
1
635.9
2002 Q1
1,600
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
2,863
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
984
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
42
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,181
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,877
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,642
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
6,692
1
1
149.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2003 · 1 incident
April 1, 2003AZ · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS