Vulture Mine has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2016–2020
Latest incident
Aug 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
68
citations
22
significant & substantial
$11,196
proposed penalties
$5,011
paid to date
45% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,185 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
37
inspections on record
433
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: 433 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Vulture Mine has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-23.
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
2025 Q4
145
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
110
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
100
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
100
3
0
30000.0
2024 Q3
200
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
866
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
926
1
0
1079.9
2023 Q4
920
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3
840
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
600
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
600
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
1,200
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
850
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
3,840
4
1
1041.7
2022 Q1
4,820
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
5,845
4
0
684.3
2021 Q2
7,512
2
0
266.2
2021 Q1
7,440
3
0
403.2
2020 Q4
5,450
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,850
6
3
1025.6
2020 Q2
5,030
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5,428
4
4
736.9
2019 Q4
5,614
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
5,980
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
5,330
5
3
938.1
2019 Q1
4,370
21
7
4805.5
2018 Q4
3,200
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
7,044
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,620
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,570
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,770
1
0
265.3
2017 Q3
4,238
1
0
236.0
2017 Q2
1,760
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,660
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
4,327
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,737
1
0
575.7
2015 Q3
5,777
2
0
346.2
2015 Q2
5,812
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,829
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
96
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2020 · 1 incident
August 2, 2020AZ · Metal/Non-Metalball/rod/pebble/hand/limestone/dry mill operator, roller operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee left their post because they said they were tired and wanted to get some fresh air, so they took a quad and went for a ride in an area that is of no business of a mill worker, at dark, and drove into a test hole with the quad.
2016 · 1 incident
March 18, 2016AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was backing down off of the excavator track to the step with right leg and when ee placed left foot on the ground and removed hand from rail to move right foot from the step ee left knee twisted.
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