Mining Incidents

West Buckeye Metal/Non-Metal

Rockland Materials · Surface
Controlled by Grant H Goodman
Just East of SR, Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202900

West Buckeye has $695 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
12
citations
1
significant & substantial
$695
proposed penalties
$660
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $35 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
64
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: 64 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

West Buckeye has $695 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.
$695
proposed penalties
$660
current assessed
$660
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-02-26.
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
2003 Q4 2,364 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,784 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,172 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,476 5 0 2019.4
2002 Q4 4,662 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,594 2 0 303.3
2002 Q2 5,573 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,985 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 3,416 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,192 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,388 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,459 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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