Mining Incidents

Tangerine Road Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Mesa, Pima County, AZ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0200649

Tangerine Road Pit has $12K 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
8
Years on record
1993–2019
Latest incident
Jul 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
99
citations
25
significant & substantial
$11,745
proposed penalties
$11,745
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
70
inspections on record
985
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: 985 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tangerine Road Pit has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-17.
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 4,720 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,508 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,930 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,811 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,015 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,346 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,798 3 0 441.3
2024 Q1 6,726 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,423 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,980 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,059 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,003 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,769 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,521 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,288 1 1 107.7
2022 Q1 9,463 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 9,293 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,367 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,775 1 1 147.6
2021 Q1 8,495 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,187 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,655 1 0 130.6
2020 Q2 7,829 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,529 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,845 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,572 1 0 132.1
2019 Q2 7,431 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,106 1 0 140.7
2018 Q4 6,409 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,032 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,167 1 0 122.4
2018 Q1 7,448 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 8,082 2 0 247.5
2017 Q3 7,435 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,834 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,616 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,546 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,360 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,105 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,550 1 0 392.2
2015 Q4 3,273 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,394 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,396 6 0 1364.9
2015 Q1 4,554 2 0 439.2
2014 Q4 4,238 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,185 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,087 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,165 1 0 240.1
2013 Q4 5,313 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,347 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,934 1 0 144.2
2013 Q1 2,684 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,376 2 0 372.0
2012 Q3 4,953 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,141 1 0 241.5
2012 Q1 2,708 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,442 3 0 1228.5
2011 Q3 2,508 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,595 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,666 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,236 1 0 447.2
2010 Q3 3,843 2 0 520.4
2010 Q2 3,768 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,444 5 3 2045.8
2009 Q4 3,879 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,919 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,979 4 0 803.4
2009 Q1 4,367 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,700 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,892 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,942 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,710 2 0 298.1
2007 Q4 5,867 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,440 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,616 2 0 302.3
2007 Q1 10,963 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 10,038 1 0 99.6
2006 Q3 8,134 1 0 122.9
2006 Q2 10,203 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,350 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,690 3 0 309.6
2005 Q3 9,205 5 2 543.2
2005 Q2 9,776 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,493 4 0 533.8
2004 Q4 6,965 3 1 430.7
2004 Q3 5,133 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,344 1 0 187.1
2004 Q1 4,403 2 1 454.2
2003 Q4 4,095 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,536 5 2 1102.3
2003 Q2 3,610 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,986 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,920 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,140 3 1 420.2
2002 Q2 7,829 6 1 766.4
2002 Q1 1,422 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,240 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,618 10 4 1511.0
2001 Q2 5,112 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,851 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,895 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,524 9 7 1629.3
2000 Q1 4,624 2 1 432.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2019 · 1 incident

July 16, 2019 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Granite Construction Company · Contact with heat

Employee got heat exhaustion, ambient temperature 109 degrees. Headache, vomiting, dehydration, cramping.

2007 · 1 incident

May 11, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Utility knife cut through a piece of conveyor belt easier than expected. Utility knife had new blade and employee applied too much pressure. Placed on modified duty.

2006 · 1 incident

August 30, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee reported injury and requested to see dr on 9/8/06 stating he had pulled a muscle in groin area due to slipping in mud. Placed on modified duty.

2004 · 1 incident

December 22, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE CLAIMS HE FELL ON OPERATING LEVERS OF 631 SCRAPER GRANITE INFORMED OF INJURY WHEN WE REC'D BILLING FROM HOSPITAL 1/13/05

2001 · 1 incident

October 17, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT FINGER WHILE CHQANGING CUTTING EDGE.

2000 · 1 incident

September 6, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOOSENING A BOLT WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH THE BOLT SPUN AND CUT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. FINGR REQUIRED STITCHES. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEAR GLOVES.

1999 · 1 incident

November 10, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter MACHINERY
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING A 2X4 WITH CIRCULAR SAW (SAW GUAR WAS IN A UP/OPEN POSITION) THE SAW CAME INTO CONTACT WITH RIGHT LOWER LEG-CAUSING A DEEP LACERATION.

1993 · 1 incident

January 29, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE BELT ON TEH SHORT HEAD CONE AT THE ROCK PLANT, HE PULLED A MUSCLE.

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The full compliance file on Tangerine Road Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.