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RED PIT MINE: 186 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

RED PIT MINE · Surface
Controlled by Robert D Miller
Flagstaff, Coconino County, AZ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0200630

RED PIT MINE has $64K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1986–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
186
citations
51
significant & substantial
$63,838
proposed penalties
$63,306
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $532 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See RED PIT MINE's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
882
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: 882 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RED PIT MINE has $64K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 3 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.
$64K
proposed penalties
$64K
current assessed
$63K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
186 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-28.
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.
27.4%
significant & substantial
3.8%
high negligence or reckless
26.9%
reasonably likely or greater
50.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.4% low, 83.9% moderate, 3.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
15 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 14 · 93%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 7%
64%
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 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
19%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 2012-03-22.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2011-960M Settlement Lewis 2011 $1K → $900
WEST 2012-685M Settlement McCarthy 2012 $580 → $435
WEST 2010-440M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2024-04-23
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-04-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Utility Man
2021-04-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-10-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.47 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.43 0.15 Screen/Scalper 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.

RED PIT MINE recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ 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 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.00 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
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 8.63 0.00 0.000
2004 * 6.89 6.89 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 8.98 0.00 0.000
2000 * 9.59 9.59 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.
Ownership history
  1. Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc 1950 to 2007
  2. RE Asset Management, LLC 2007 to 2007
  3. Red Pit Mine 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 4
2024 4
2023 3
2022 4
2021 3
2020 2
2019 3
2018 5
2017 4
2016 6
2015 5
2014 5
2013 4
2012 5
2011 5
2010 4
2009 4
2008 5
2007 7
2006 10
2005 10
2004 13
2003 11
2002 11
2001 10
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

RED PIT MINE sits in Coconino 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.
Coconino County, Arizona · Population 144,643
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$69,748
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 Q2 1,462 2 0 1368.0
2026 Q1 1,158 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,511 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,113 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,587 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,476 1 0 677.5
2024 Q4 1,718 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,421 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,905 2 0 1049.9
2024 Q1 1,416 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,731 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,891 1 0 528.8
2023 Q2 1,455 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 559 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,972 2 0 1014.2
2022 Q3 1,955 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,842 6 0 3257.3
2022 Q1 1,345 4 0 2974.0
2021 Q4 1,544 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,227 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,147 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 636 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 875 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,068 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,500 2 0 1333.3
2020 Q1 752 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,340 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,300 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,519 3 1 1975.0
2019 Q1 1,404 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,183 5 2 2290.4
2018 Q3 3,476 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,057 6 2 1478.9
2018 Q1 2,057 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,524 8 4 3169.6
2017 Q3 2,967 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,827 10 5 3537.3
2017 Q1 1,759 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,540 10 6 3937.0
2016 Q3 3,662 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,274 9 6 2748.9
2016 Q1 2,828 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,769 3 0 1083.4
2015 Q3 3,140 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,563 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,769 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,564 6 1 3836.3
2014 Q3 1,890 2 0 1058.2
2014 Q2 1,545 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,976 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,915 2 1 1044.4
2013 Q3 2,125 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,132 4 0 1876.2
2013 Q1 1,475 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,870 1 0 534.8
2012 Q3 2,781 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,946 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,365 11 6 8058.6
2011 Q4 1,875 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,921 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,366 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,428 16 4 11204.5
2010 Q4 4,616 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,425 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,472 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 758 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,175 4 1 3404.3
2009 Q3 1,424 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 720 5 2 6944.4
2009 Q1 1,556 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,657 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,085 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,357 3 0 1272.8
2008 Q1 1,583 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,138 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,376 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,792 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,568 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,934 3 0 608.0
2006 Q3 5,886 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,049 25 3 4132.9
2006 Q1 5,477 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,013 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,751 2 0 296.3
2005 Q2 5,899 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,524 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,741 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,167 9 4 1102.0
2004 Q2 8,621 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,482 6 2 1094.5
2003 Q4 5,720 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,202 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,292 1 0 158.9
2003 Q1 5,441 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,855 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,565 1 0 132.2
2002 Q2 6,252 4 0 639.8
2002 Q1 5,343 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,758 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,282 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,747 4 0 696.0
2001 Q1 4,493 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,252 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,479 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,357 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,771 2 0 721.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2018 · 1 incident

June 7, 2018 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Red Pit Mine · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

"We believe this accident added to an old race car driving injury" "No one was present ee texted coworker and said ee jacked knee badly" "Stepping off loader onto rocky ground"

2005 · 1 incident

September 20, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STRIKING OR BUMPING
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS CHECKING LOAD OF MATERIAL IN BED OF TRUCK, JUMPED OFF OF TRUCK AND STRUCK ELBOW ON FLANGE ON BED OF TRUCK COVERING TIRES.

2004 · 1 incident

May 21, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING A SCREEN FOR PLANT, TURNED AND PULLED MUSCLES IN NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

2001 · 1 incident

April 26, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS USING AIR HOSE TO CLEAN DIRT OUT OF CAB OF LOADER AND GOT DIRT IN LEFT EYE. WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

2000 · 1 incident

September 14, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS BLOWING CINDER OUT FROM BEHIND CUTTING EDGE ON BLADE WITH AIR HOSE AND GOT CINDER IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

1998 · 2 incidents

June 24, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SAFETY BELT CAUGHT ON SAFETY RAIL ON SMALL PLANT. HE FELL AND HURT HIS BACK.

March 30, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TRYING TO TURN ROLLER CRUSHER PULLEY WHEN HIS RIGHT HIP & LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING.

1997 · 1 incident

February 10, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Fall from machine

CHANGING SCREENS ON PLANT - WENT TO STEP OFF THEPLANT ON TO THE CATWALK AND LOST HIS GRIP AND HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE CATWALK - LANDING ON HIS LEFT FOOT AND SPRAINING IT.

1996 · 2 incidents

August 22, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Struck by flying object

POUNDING ON A PIECE OF STEEL WITH A HAMMER (PIN) FOR TRAILER AND IT BOUNCE DUP AND HIT HIM IN THD LEG.

July 26, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Struck by flying object

WELDING OVERHEAD ON DOZER WITH WIND BLOWING HARDIT BLEW METAL INTO EYE.

1995 · 1 incident

September 28, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PULLINGA WELDER THROUGH THE SHOP HE TRIPPED & THE STABILIZER WHEEL ROLLED OVER HIS BIG TOE ON R FOOT SMASHED HIS TOE HAD STITCHES

1993 · 1 incident

February 10, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Flash burns (welding)

INJURED'S EYES WERE BURNED BY REFLECTION FROM EWELDER BEING USED TO MAKE REPAIRS ON EQUIPMENT IN PIT.

1989 · 1 incident

May 24, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS CLEANING OFF THE TOP OF OUR SAND PILE AND THE SIDE OF THE BANK GAVE WAY AND LOADER WNET SIDEWAYS AND OVER ON ITS TOP IT TWISTED ME AROUND INSIDE THE LOADER PULLED THE MUSCLES IN MY ARM AND LEG AROUND MY R WRIST AND KNEE

1986 · 1 incident

August 7, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Flagstaff Cinder Sales Inc · Fall onto or against objects

RUNNING TO SHUT3DOWN PLANT FELL ON CINDERS