Mining Incidents

Pyramid Mine: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Just Gets Better · Surface
Controlled by Mark Scoville
Buckey, Yavapai County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0203310

Pyramid Mine has $905 in proposed MSHA penalties and $200 outstanding across 0 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 2013
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$905
proposed penalties
$705
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $200 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
14
inspections on record
78
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: 78 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pyramid Mine has $905 in proposed MSHA penalties and $200 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.
$905
proposed penalties
$905
current assessed
$705
paid to date
$200
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-04-09.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
28.6%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
28.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.3% low, 57.1% moderate, 28.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Just Stone 2012 to 2019
  2. Just Gets Better 2019 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 4
2018 2
2017 3
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pyramid Mine 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
2019 Q4 625 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,000 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 480 4 1 8333.3
2015 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 850 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 960 2 0 2083.3
2013 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 960 1 0 1041.7
2012 Q4 1,080 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.