VAL VISTA - CITRUS GROVE 150 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2005–2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
67
citations
14
significant & substantial
$12,144
proposed penalties
$11,942
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $202 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: 710 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
VAL VISTA - CITRUS GROVE 150 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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
65 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-02-16.
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.
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.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 67%
Stood as issued
1 · 11%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 22%
67%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $815 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 2022-12-28.
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.
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: 2026-05-21
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
Show the individual readings (24)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Utility Man
2023-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-11-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2019-11-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2019-11-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
Cleanup Man
2019-11-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
1.04
0.34
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-10-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.52
0.18
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-09-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-09-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-09-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2005-07-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.34
0.85
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-07-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.6
0.35
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-02-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.52
0.12
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-02-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.49
2.22
0.22
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-02-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.9
0.18
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
VAL VISTA - CITRUS GROVE 150 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.
Injury rate, 2022
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.59 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
7.46
7.46
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
6.42
0.00
0.000
2017 *
5.42
0.00
0.000
2016 *
5.67
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
8
2025
9
2024
10
2023
10
2022
14
2021
15
2020
11
2019
11
2018
14
2017
17
2016
16
2015
18
2014
13
2013
10
2012
2
2011
1
2010
5
2009
10
2008
16
2007
21
2006
23
2005
21
2004
25
2003
18
2002
18
2001
11
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
VAL VISTA - CITRUS GROVE 150 sits in Maricopa County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Maricopa County, Arizona · Population 4,491,987
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$85,518
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
3,359
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
4,541
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
3,757
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
4,426
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
4,709
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
4,255
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
4,174
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
4,733
0
0
0.0
Show 94 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,520
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
5,274
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
5,002
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
4,360
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
4,899
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,626
1
0
177.7
2022 Q4
5,394
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,448
3
1
465.3
2022 Q2
6,685
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
5,644
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
6,768
1
0
147.8
2021 Q3
6,742
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
7,196
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
6,104
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,193
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
6,268
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
6,133
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5,219
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
4,280
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,727
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
6,582
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
6,862
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
7,214
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
7,912
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
8,215
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
7,836
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
8,784
1
0
113.8
2017 Q3
9,259
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
10,312
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
8,548
2
0
234.0
2016 Q4
8,329
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
9,565
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
8,880
5
2
563.1
2016 Q1
8,468
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
8,784
2
0
227.7
2015 Q3
10,804
4
1
370.2
2015 Q2
11,391
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
10,812
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
9,014
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
8,094
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
6,289
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,994
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
5,547
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,268
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
3,995
6
2
1501.9
2013 Q1
3,439
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,047
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
221
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
0
0
0
2011 Q2
51
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
307
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,893
1
0
528.3
2010 Q1
3,263
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,482
3
0
861.6
2009 Q3
5,220
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,417
1
0
184.6
2009 Q1
7,862
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
8,335
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
8,819
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
9,154
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
10,633
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
11,337
5
2
441.0
2007 Q3
15,272
5
1
327.4
2007 Q2
14,893
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
14,849
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
13,579
1
0
73.6
2006 Q3
13,522
2
2
147.9
2006 Q2
14,484
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
14,942
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
14,946
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
15,166
5
0
329.7
2005 Q2
15,701
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,329
4
0
924.0
2004 Q4
14,984
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
11,424
1
0
87.5
2004 Q2
16,474
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
14,006
1
0
71.4
2003 Q4
5,012
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
9,444
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
13,901
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
14,620
5
1
342.0
2002 Q4
5,950
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
10,272
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,600
2
1
769.2
2002 Q1
9,492
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,220
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,438
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,740
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,315
4
0
752.6
2000 Q4
4,788
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,162
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2023 · 1 incident
June 15, 2023AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
On 6/15/23 an EE was replacing a ripper tooth on a CAT dozer. The EE used a sledgehammer to dislodge the ripper tooth and upon impact a roughly 1/4-1/2" piece of the tooth broke off and struck the EE in the left calf. On 6/16/23 EE was taken to the clinic where an x-ray confirmed the object was lodged in their calf. EE was prescribed antibiotics.
2021 · 1 incident
March 29, 2021AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
CalMat Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was removing the segments on 988G loader bucket. EE was using 3/4" air impact gun to remove nuts from plow bolts. The bolt loosened, descended allowing it to spin. EE used palm to push the bolt back to lock it in place to allow impact to remove the nut from top. The plow bolt engaged EE's glove pulling EE's hand into it and caused a severe cut across the right palm/thumb.
2018 · 1 incident
April 18, 2018AZ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CalMat Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was contacted by drag cable during cable replacement causing laceration above eye brow.
2017 · 1 incident
August 17, 2017AZ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
CalMat Co · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Employee was mixing backing epoxy material for installing crusher liners. The employee's jeans came in contact with a small amount of the backing that then soaked through to skin. Employee had skin irritation localized to this area, but also began experiencing rash-like irritation across other parts of body.
2016 · 1 incident
November 1, 2016AZ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
Emp ran a front end loader 10/24-27/16. 10/28, mgmt saw emp walking differently. Emp told mgmt back was sore running loader all wk. Said woke up Fri with pain in right lower back, down EE's right leg. Mgmt discussed first aid (rest, Ice) with emp and offered to take rest of day off and spend wknd resting. 10/31, emp continued first-aid to see if improves. 11/01 emp went to doc
2007 · 2 incidents
November 8, 2007AZ · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee requested to see company dr 11-09-2-07, who dispensed medical prescription. He was handing a piece of pipe up to another ee when debris fell and landed into the ee eyes.
March 22, 2007AZ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CalMat Co · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Concrete burns to both calves due to concrete soaking through pants and boots
2006 · 2 incidents
November 27, 2006AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mechanic struck end of tooth with a hammer while replacing bucket tooth on 988G loader and piece of steel broke off tooth and hit him in the left eye.
January 31, 2006AZ · Metal/Non-Metalelectrician, linemanOTHER
CalMat Co · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Originally reported as First Aid Only - while vacuuming out electrical panel felt a possible bug bite, however employee was not sure it was a bug bite. Employee came in next day with left hand red, swollen and could barely bend or straighten fingers. Diagnosis - left hand infection.
2005 · 3 incidents
December 20, 2005AZ · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was climbing ladder to inspect jaw crusher, carrying a bucket of grease, when he slipped and fell approx. five (5) feet, landing on the leg and the ankle hit a rock causing the ankle to twist inward. Diagnosis - Foot sprain and ankle sprain. Originally reported as first aid only on 12/20/2005 - turned into medical treatment on 12/27/2005.
August 9, 2005AZ · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CalMat Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee slipped on first step of 988G Loader, causing loss of footing - overcorrected with left arm, pulling muscle(s). Diagnosis - Rotator Cuff Strain. Became medical treatment on 12/29/2005.
June 11, 2005AZ · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
CalMat Co · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Running crusher plant while lime silo was being emptied with hydrated lime. Five (5) days later, employee informed office of "rash or infection" to feet. Employee stated that he thought it was from the lime.