United Verde Mine has $569 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
12
Years on record
1992–1998
Latest incident
Jan 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$669
proposed penalties
$669
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 85 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
United Verde Mine has $569 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.
$569
proposed penalties
$569
current assessed
$569
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $55 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-11-28.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2002
0
2001
5
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
United Verde Mine sits in Yavapai County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Yavapai County, Arizona · Population 241,656
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,106
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
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q3
106
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
145
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
175
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
362
4
0
11049.7
2000 Q3
844
4
1
4739.3
2000 Q2
1,014
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1
954
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
1998 · 1 incident
January 22, 1998AZ · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THERE WAS A WOODEN FRAME BUILT OVER THE LADDER AT THE END OF THE PLATFORM SUCH THAT THE TOP HORIZONTAL MEMBER OF THE FRAME HAD TO BE PASSED UDNER TO GET ONTO THE LADDER. WHEN THE EE GRABBED TH E MEMBER TO SWING UNDERNEATH, IT BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE FALL.
EE WAS ROCKBOLTING THE MAIN DIFT WHERE WE HAD REMOVE SOME TIMBER WE HAD INSTALLED 5 MATS WITH BOLTS AND WAS STARTING ON THE SIXTH MAT HE DRILLED THE HOLE FOR THE BOLT AND HAD STARTED TO INSERT THE BOLT WHEN A SLAB CAME OUT OF THE BACK HITTING THE JACKLEG KNOCKING HIM DOWN THEN BROKE INTO SEVERAL PIECE THE PIECE HITTING HIM.
April 15, 1992AZ · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A 55 GAL DRUM OF DIESEL FUEL OUT OF THE BUCKET OF A 1 YD UG LOADER, WHEN THE OPERATOR MOVED THE LOADER BACK HITTING THE FIRE DOOR. OEPRATOR THEN MOVED FOREWARD HITTING THE FIRE DOOR. OPERATOR THEN MOVED FORWARD HITTING THE FUEL BARREL WITH THE LOADER BUCKET, PUSHING IT INTO THE EMPLOYEE, CAUSING HIKM TO PULL THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
WORKER WIN ASSESTING AN ANGLE IRON STORAGE RACK WHEN SOCIETY OF RATCKET SLIPPED OFF BOLT HEAD MOMENTENT ALLOWED HAND TO SMASH INTO ANKLE IRON RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
March 27, 1992AZ · Metal/Non-Metalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS GRADING ROADWAY & SOME WATER SPLASHED INTO HIS EYE WAS WAS MUDDY & CONTAINED SOME FOREIGN MATTER WHICH GOT INTO HIS EYE & SCRATCHED THE CORNEA
MEN WERE GETTING READY TO BOTL THE BACK WHILE COLLARING A DRILL HOLE SMALL ROCK FELL OUT OF BACK HITTING EE S RIGHT HAND BETWEENT THE ROCK AND THE DRILL STEEL BREAKING A SMALL BONE ON THE LITT LE FINGER.
January 7, 1992AZ · Metal/Non-Metalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT OLD WORKING OF REMOVING DEBRIS & PIECE OF CONCRETE & LOADING THEM INTO A LOADER BUCKET WHEN HIS HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF CONCRETE CUTTING & BREAKING RT INDEX FINGER
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