Mining Incidents

WASH PLANT #2780: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Paulden, Yavapai County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202796

WASH PLANT #2780 has $12K 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
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Jun 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
4
significant & substantial
$12,258
proposed penalties
$12,258
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
5
inspections on record
44
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: 44 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WASH PLANT #2780 has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-04-10.
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.
16.0%
significant & substantial
4.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.0%
reasonably likely or greater
56.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 96.0% moderate, 4.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Salt River Sand & Rock 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 0
2002 4
2001 6
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WASH PLANT #2780 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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 2,163 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,293 5 0 1518.4
2002 Q1 2,815 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,682 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,399 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 3,015 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,458 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,727 10 2 3667.0
2000 Q3 2,508 11 2 4386.0
2000 Q2 3,025 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,119 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

June 9, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Salt River Sand & Rock · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE WELDING ON THE SCREEN PLANT, HOT METAL FELL ON THE PLASTIC SCREEN. THE EMPLOYEE INHALEDFUMES FROM THE PLASTIC AND SUDDENLY FELT VERY CONJESTED.