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Virden Gravel Pit - Greenlee County: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Greenlee County · Surface
Controlled by Greenlee County-Az
Duncan, Greenlee County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202689

Virden Gravel Pit - Greenlee County has $1K 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
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Apr 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,294
proposed penalties
$1,294
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Greenlee County's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
196
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: 196 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Virden Gravel Pit - Greenlee County has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-03-26.
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.
6.2%
significant & substantial
6.2%
high negligence or reckless
6.2%
reasonably likely or greater
37.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 68.8% moderate, 6.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 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 2009-12-24.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2010-445M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2010-10-21, 15 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Greenlee County 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 0
2013 3
2012 3
2011 4
2010 6
2009 2
2008 3
2007 5
2006 8
2005 8
2004 6
2003 4
2002 2
2001 1
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Virden Gravel Pit - Greenlee County sits in Greenlee County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 36.0% 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.
Greenlee County, Arizona · Population 9,452
36.0%
Mining share of county employment
$75,239
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
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 1,238 1 0 807.8
2012 Q4 515 1 0 1941.7
2012 Q2 2 1 0 500000.0
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 1,283 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 564 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 372 1 0 2688.2
2010 Q3 275 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 412 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 158 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 189 2 0 10582.0
2009 Q3 173 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 477 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 92 1 0 10869.6
2008 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 69 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 93 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 41 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 489 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 39 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 109 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 205 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 411 5 1 12165.5
2005 Q3 212 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 101 2 0 19802.0
2005 Q1 439 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 252 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 225 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 399 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 456 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 393 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 156 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 2 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 342 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

April 20, 2010 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Greenlee County · Accident type, without injuries

Backed up to get out of way of loader loading dump truck. Visibility was a blind spot and backed into utility truck pushing it 40 feet. Didn't realize that I had run into truck.