Rio Felix has $3K 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
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Jul 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
18
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,535
proposed penalties
$2,535
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
8
inspections on record
90
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: 90 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rio Felix has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4
4,456
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
4,853
1
0
206.1
2025 Q2
5,232
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
4,650
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
4,091
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
4,226
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
1,713
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
4,694
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
4,367
1
0
229.0
2023 Q3
5,280
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
867
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,803
2
0
713.5
2022 Q4
4,144
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,736
8
1
4608.3
2022 Q2
1,597
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,564
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
5,228
2
0
382.6
2020 Q1
285
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,216
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,425
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,169
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1,117
2
0
1790.5
2018 Q4
622
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,843
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,543
2
1
1296.2
2018 Q1
986
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
215
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2023 · 1 incident
July 14, 2023NM · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was doing maintenance on front-end loader. EE missed a step coming down the ladder and fell on back. Safety took EE to a hospital. The hospital did a CT scan that found 4 compression fractures in EE's vertebrae and 1 broken rib. EE was able to go home that day and is seeing a spine and orthopedic specialist.
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