Queen Creek Wash Plant has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2013–2022
Latest incident
Jan 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
40
citations
9
significant & substantial
$12,928
proposed penalties
$12,541
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $387 gap.
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: 285 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Queen Creek Wash Plant has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-23.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 40%
Stood as issued
3 · 60%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
5%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $8K 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 2022-07-17.
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: 2021-06-16, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Truck Driver
2018-10-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.14
2.41
0.47
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
1.99
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.12
0.13
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Washer Operator
2013-11-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.59
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-11-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.35
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Queen Creek Wash Plant recorded 8.09 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.
Injury rate, 2022
ⓘ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.
8.09
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.59 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
2022 *
8.09
0.00
0.000
2021 *
8.43
0.00
0.000
2020 *
9.20
0.00
0.000
2016 *
9.53
0.00
0.000
2015 *
8.04
0.00
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
2022
12
2021
8
2020
8
2019
6
2018
5
2017
6
2016
9
2015
11
2014
10
2013
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Queen Creek Wash Plant sits in Pinal County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Pinal County, Arizona · Population 449,219
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$77,588
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
2022 Q4
3,361
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
8,584
5
0
582.5
2022 Q2
6,417
3
1
467.5
2022 Q1
6,358
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
6,247
8
3
1280.6
2021 Q3
5,837
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,139
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
5,504
0
0
0.0
Show 31 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4
4,848
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,648
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
6,062
3
0
494.9
2020 Q1
5,178
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
4,437
3
0
676.1
2019 Q3
4,127
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
4,163
2
0
480.4
2019 Q1
3,860
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
4,212
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,449
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,469
1
0
288.3
2018 Q1
3,334
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,876
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
2,892
2
1
691.6
2017 Q2
3,596
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,549
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,831
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,690
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,156
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
6,309
4
2
634.0
2015 Q4
6,583
7
2
1063.3
2015 Q3
6,100
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
6,595
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
5,608
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,387
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
5,841
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,439
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
3,319
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,801
2
0
416.6
2013 Q3
6,867
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
235
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2022 · 1 incident
January 6, 2022AZ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Observing while standing clear of 6 inch Driscopipe being removed. Driscopipe slipped hitting the rail of the conveyor belt pushing Driscopipe outwards striking employee blocking with both hands.
2020 · 1 incident
July 1, 2020AZ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
REPLACING CUTTING EDGES ON LOADER THE OPERATOR WAS USING LEFT INDEX FINGER TO HOLD A WORN CARRIAGE BOLT IN PLACE SO THAT THEY COULD LOOSEN IT. WHEN THEY HIT IT WITH IMPACT WRENCH IT SPUN CUTTING THE FINGER WITH THE SHARP EDGE
2018 · 1 incident
June 5, 2018AZ · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Loosening bolts on the 2nd deck of the wash plant using a crescent wrench when wrench slipped causing left hand to slam into sharp metal corner puncturing EE's glove, leaving a deep puncture wound in left hand.
Stepping off ladder onto a rock and rolled his left ankle.
2013 · 1 incident
December 28, 2013AZ · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON