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Rio Rico Pit: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Arizona General Engineering Contracting Inc · Surface
Controlled by Laurence Harvey
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0203200

Rio Rico Pit has $3K 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
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
18
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,059
proposed penalties
$3,059
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
10
inspections on record
98
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: 98 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 Rico Pit has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $221 in penalties contested before the Commission, $221 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-21.
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.
11.1%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
11.1%
reasonably likely or greater
27.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.6% low, 77.8% moderate, 16.7% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$221 proposed, $221 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 2019-11-27.
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 2020-0108 Settlement Rae 2020 $121 → $121
WEST 2010-1746M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Arizona General Engineering Contracting Inc 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 4
2020 4
2019 7
2018 8
2017 17
2013 8
2012 1
2011 4
2010 2
2009 5
2008 2
2007 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rio Rico Pit sits in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Santa Cruz County, Arizona · Population 48,209
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$53,614
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
2021 Q2 246 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 349 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 308 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 616 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 375 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 206 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 324 8 1 24691.4
2019 Q2 685 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 470 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 975 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,042 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 666 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 815 3 1 3681.0
2013 Q3 190 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 576 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 670 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 843 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 803 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 223 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 212 1 0 4717.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 2,251 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 820 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,153 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 842 3 0 3562.9
2008 Q4 963 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 936 2 0 2136.8
2007 Q4 275 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.