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Plant #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202146

Plant #3 has $813 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1987–2006
Latest incident
Apr 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
10
citations
3
significant & substantial
$813
proposed penalties
$813
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
123
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: 123 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 #3 has $813 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$813
proposed penalties
$813
current assessed
$813
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-01-13.
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
2006 Q2 2,252 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,178 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,775 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,219 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,248 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,012 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,797 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,204 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 2,580 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,843 1 0 542.6
2003 Q4 1,848 2 1 1082.3
2003 Q3 2,552 2 0 783.7
2003 Q2 3,093 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,651 1 0 377.2
2002 Q4 2,349 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,004 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,129 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,076 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 723 3 2 4149.4
2001 Q3 3,160 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,396 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,236 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,059 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,494 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,787 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,361 1 0 734.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2006 · 1 incident

April 6, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck by falling object

He was changing a liner at plant #3 and smashed his finger with a steel shaft while trying to hammer out the liner.

1999 · 1 incident

May 17, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A 631 SCRAPER THE EE WAS TURNINGINTO HIS CUT, WHEN HE HIT A HOLE THIS CAUSED HIMTO BOUNCE TWICE UP & DOWN IN HIS SEAT INJURING HIS LOW BACK

1997 · 1 incident

February 20, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt River Sand & Rock · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS REBUILDING A TRAMP FROM IRON CYLINDER, THE PISTON GOT STUCK AND WAS PUSHING THE PISTON BACK OUT OF CYLINDER WITH PUMP TO CHECK SEALS. WAS RELEASING THE PRESSURE FROM THE PUMP WHEN THE PIST ON DISLODGED FROM THE CYLINDER & CAUGHT HIS 2 MIDDLE LEFT FINGERS BETWEEN THE PISTON & THE BONNET TO THE CONE

1993 · 3 incidents

September 28, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A SEVEN PLY BELT WITH A LOCKING BUCK KNIFE AND THE KNIFE FOLDED ON TOP HIS LEFT HAND, CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND.

May 7, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CUT A CABLE TIE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AND WAS CUTTING TOWARDS HIMSELF. KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIMSELF.

March 15, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING SCRAPER FOR HIGLEY PLANT AND WAS GOING TO PICK UP BUT MISSED HER ROAD A LITTLE OFF, SHE TRIED TO DROP BOWL TO AVOID HITTING BUMPS BUT WAS TOO LATE AND BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP MACHINE IN TIME; WHEN SHE TRIED TO DROP BOWL HER HAND SLIPPED OFF BOWL LEVER AND HIT HER RIGHT UNDERARM.

1988 · 2 incidents

September 23, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt River Sand & Rock · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AROUND TH E CRUSHER USING A SHOVEL WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK

August 4, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN HILL IN 988 B LOADER WITH THE BUCKET FULL WHICH CAUSED THE LOADER BUCKET TO LIFT THE REAR WHEELS OFF THE GROUND THE BUCKET STRUCK THE GROUND THROWING THE OPERATOR INT O THE WINDSHIELD

1987 · 1 incident

April 22, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A HAMMER & DRIFT PIN & HIT HIS HAND

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