Verde Gypsum Mine has $690 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1987–2023
Latest incident
Jan 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$690
proposed penalties
$690
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: 590 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Verde Gypsum Mine has $690 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.
$690
proposed penalties
$690
current assessed
$690
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-03.
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.
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: 2026-07-14
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (19)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper Operator
2025-02-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2025-02-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-02-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2018-02-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper Operator
2016-11-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2016-11-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper Operator
2014-04-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper Operator
2014-04-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper Operator
2004-01-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-01-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Supervisor, Co. Official
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
4
2024
4
2023
4
2022
4
2021
4
2020
3
2019
3
2018
3
2017
3
2016
3
2015
3
2014
3
2013
3
2012
3
2011
3
2010
3
2009
3
2008
3
2007
3
2006
4
2005
3
2004
3
2003
4
2002
3
2001
3
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Verde Gypsum 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
EE was an over the road truck driver for a trucking company, not a miner. EE passed away from as yet undetermined personal medical factors while in the truck cab on the scale at the Camp Verde Gyp Mine. The death was not related to any mining activity, event, incident or action. EE's last CDL medical clearance to drive was on 01/31/2022 and did not expire until 01/31/2023.
EE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF CRUSHER HALF TO TIGHTEN FLANGE BOLT. HE WAS PULLING ON THE WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED OFF THE NUT. EE FELL DOWN OFF THE TOP OF CRUSHER HALF. HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT HAND WHEN HE TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL.
2004 · 2 incidents
August 24, 2004AZ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
DUE TO UNEVEN CONCRETE SLAB, LEGS NEEDED MODIFICATION. USED COME-ALONG TO LOWERE LEGS ONTO SAW HORSE. DUE TO ANGLE & WEIGHT OF LEG IT SLID OUT & HIT HIS ANKLE/LOWER LEG. LEFT LEG BROKEN.
RAN HVY EQUIP ALL DAY. WHILE RUNNING SCRAPER BY END OF PULLLING LEVELS HAD SHOOTING PAINS DOWN RIGHT ARM. ALSO RAN 980 LOADER & HAD PROBLEMS & BPAIN IN R ARM, NECK & SHOULDER
1995 · 1 incident
September 7, 1995AZ · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Companies · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS REPLAICNG BEARING ON CONVEYOR BELT HEAD PULLEY. HEAD PULLEY SHAFT SLIPPED OUT OF BEARING SEAT, PINNING WORKER S HAND BETWEEN HEAD PULLEY SHAFT AND PLATE OF BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING A FRAME ON THE CONVEYOR AGAINST THE EDGE OF A 10-FOOT WALL. CONVEYOR WASJACKED UP-THE JACK SLIPPED OUT, EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OVER THE WALL FRACTURING HIS R IGHT ANKLE REQU3RING SURGERY TO REPAIR THE ANKLE EMPLOYEE IS EXCEPTED TO BE OFF WORK FOR 8-12 WEEKS.