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: 102 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 #7 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 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.
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.
Plant #7 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.22 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
9.60
9.60
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2004
7
2003
9
2002
12
2001
12
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Plant #7 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
2004 Q2
457
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,124
1
0
320.1
2003 Q4
4,449
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,332
1
1
230.8
2003 Q2
4,706
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
3,409
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,529
2
1
361.7
2002 Q3
4,465
1
1
224.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2
4,345
5
2
1150.7
2002 Q1
6,130
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,380
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,203
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
6,111
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
4,131
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,483
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,305
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,785
8
5
2113.6
2000 Q1
5,680
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
17 on file
2003 · 1 incident
July 21, 2003AZ · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS GETTING THE FUEL HOSE FOR THE LOADER; HE TURNED THE HOSE OR GRABBED IT, BUT IT WAS ALREADY ON. THE PRESSURE THREW BACK THE HOSE & HIT HIM ON THE LIP.
1999 · 3 incidents
September 1, 1999AZ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE HE WAS CLEANING INSIDE THE SCREEN BOX WITH A SHOVEL, HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE SIDE OF THE SCREEN BOX. THE EE DID NOT FEEL THE NEED TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE TIME OF HIS INJURY.
February 18, 1999AZ · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING THE RIGHTESCAPE HATCH ON THE FRONT END LOADER, WHEN THE WINDOW SHATTERED. PIECES OF GLASS ENTERED INTO BOTH EYES OF THE EMPLOYEE.
1998 · 3 incidents
September 28, 1998AZ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMP WAS CLEANING GRIZZLY BAR WHEN EMP HIT A ROCKCAUSING ROCK TO CHIP. CHIP WENT INTO RIGHT LEG CAUSING A PUNCTURE. DID RECEIVE 3 STITCHES AND ANANTIBIOTIC CALLED REFLEX.
1995 · 3 incidents
August 16, 1995AZ · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS