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: 92 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
VALENCIA has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-11-02.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2006
1
2005
1
2004
2
2003
3
2002
3
2001
3
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
VALENCIA sits in Pima County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Pima County, Arizona · Population 1,049,947
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$67,929
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
2006 Q4
406
1
0
2463.1
2006 Q3
667
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
857
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
769
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
774
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
572
1
0
1748.3
2005 Q2
773
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
781
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4
589
1
0
1697.8
2004 Q3
665
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
924
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,709
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,592
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
719
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,943
1
1
514.7
2003 Q1
1,327
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
849
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
985
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,262
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,087
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
909
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,036
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
926
4
1
4319.7
2001 Q1
890
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,174
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
937
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
653
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
641
2
0
3120.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
1998 · 1 incident
June 15, 1998AZ · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS REMOVING OVERSIZE ROCKS FROM THE CRUSHER FEED BOX. HE HAD TURNED OFF THE FEED TO THE PLANT BUT LEFT THE CONE CRUSHER RUNNING. HE TRIED TO LIFT OUT ONE OF THE SMALLER ROCKS AND CRUSHED H IS FINGER BETWEEN A ROCK AND THE CRUSHER.
1994 · 1 incident
October 6, 1994AZ · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE