Mining Incidents

Universal Materials Skousen Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Mesa, Pinal County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202940

Universal Materials Skousen Pit has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $28K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
102
citations
42
significant & substantial
$36,089
proposed penalties
$7,643
paid to date
21% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $28,446 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
13
inspections on record
250
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: 250 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Universal Materials Skousen Pit has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $28K 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$28K
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-12-28.
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
2005 Q1 6,894 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,488 25 10 2383.7
2004 Q3 10,070 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 13,341 22 9 1649.1
2004 Q1 17,435 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 22,358 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 25,225 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,850 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 4,968 1 0 201.3
2002 Q4 4,968 27 14 5434.8
2002 Q3 4,898 4 0 816.7
2002 Q2 4,897 21 9 4288.3
2002 Q1 8,742 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,970 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,440 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,120 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

September 21, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Universal Materials Inc · Contact with electrical current

THE PLANT DEVELOPED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM & THE 2 PLANT MANAGERS WERE REPLACING A BLOWN ELECTRICAL FUSE WHEN THE FUSE EXPLODED. DIRECT CAUSE OF THE EQUIPMENT FAILURE IS UNKNOWN & STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

September 21, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Universal Materials Inc · Contact with electrical current

THE PLANT DEVELOPED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM & THE TWO PLANT MANAGERS WERE REPLACING A BLOWN ELECTRICAL FUSE WHEN THE FUSE EXPLODED. DIRECT CAUSE OF THE EQUIPMENT FAILURE IS UNKNOWN & STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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