Mining Incidents

Star Valley Granite & Materials: 66 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

STAR VALLEY GRANITE & MATERIALS · Surface
Controlled by Roy G Haught
Star Valley, Gila County, AZ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0202678

Star Valley Granite & Materials has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2000
66
citations
15
significant & substantial
$7,989
proposed penalties
$7,989
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
67
inspections on record
530
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: 530 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Star Valley Granite & Materials has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $232 in penalties contested before the Commission, $232 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-25.
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.
22.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
22.7%
reasonably likely or greater
51.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.6% low, 92.4% moderate, 0.0% 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 · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$232 proposed, $232 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 2017-04-18.
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 2017-0360 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $232 → $232
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: 2025-04-24
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. STAR VALLEY GRANITE & MATERIALS 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Star Valley Granite & Materials sits in Gila County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 5.8% 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.
Gila County, Arizona · Population 53,610
5.8%
Mining share of county employment
$59,089
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 540 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 540 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 532 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 559 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 534 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 538 4 0 7434.9
2024 Q3 566 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 492 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 492 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 529 5 2 9451.8
2023 Q3 548 2 0 3649.6
2023 Q2 498 2 0 4016.1
2023 Q1 313 3 0 9584.7
2022 Q4 497 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 544 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 511 1 0 1956.9
2022 Q1 508 2 0 3937.0
2021 Q4 483 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 386 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 498 1 1 2008.0
2021 Q1 463 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 485 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 543 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 333 1 0 3003.0
2019 Q4 355 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 501 2 1 3992.0
2019 Q2 279 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 330 1 0 3030.3
2018 Q4 582 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 665 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 623 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 625 1 0 1600.0
2017 Q3 618 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 651 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 583 7 1 12006.9
2016 Q4 622 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 660 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 597 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 652 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 598 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 613 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 649 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 661 1 0 1512.9
2014 Q1 662 1 0 1510.6
2013 Q4 602 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 656 1 1 1524.4
2013 Q1 495 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 698 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 697 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 698 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 669 1 1 1494.8
2011 Q4 639 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 719 7 2 9735.7
2011 Q2 690 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 679 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 690 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 693 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 700 7 3 10000.0
2010 Q1 553 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 714 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 689 9 3 13062.4
2009 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 693 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 721 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 725 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 665 1 0 1503.8
2007 Q4 793 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 703 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 713 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 690 1 0 1449.3
2006 Q4 701 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 715 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 705 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 679 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 649 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 682 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 637 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 603 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 564 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 590 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 578 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 545 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 492 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 599 1 0 1669.4
2003 Q1 359 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 523 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 691 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 583 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 846 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 620 2 0 3225.8
2001 Q2 858 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 539 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 783 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 629 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 773 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 337 2 0 5934.7

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.