Mining Incidents

The Old Wasp Mine Metal/Non-Metal

The Old Wasp Mine · Surface
Controlled by Clay Worst
Apache Junction, Pinal County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0203246

The Old Wasp Mine has $4K 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 2009
30
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,629
proposed penalties
$3,483
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $146 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
27
inspections on record
181
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: 181 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

The Old Wasp Mine has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-11-22.
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
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 1 1
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 1 0
2020 Q3 59 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 40 1 0 25000.0
2019 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 52 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 96 1 0 10416.7
2018 Q3 74 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 185 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 433 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 148 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 148 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 180 8 0 44444.4
2015 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 240 1 0 4166.7
2014 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 480 3 1 6250.0
2013 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 460 2 0 4347.8
2013 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 460 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 445 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 600 2 0 3333.3
2011 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 570 1 0 1754.4
2011 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 562 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 541 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 529 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 581 9 3 15490.5
2009 Q3 628 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 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.

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