Mining Incidents

Western Yuma Metal/Non-Metal

Western M.G. LLC · Surface
Controlled by Benjamin Gunther
Yuma, Yuma County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202978

Western Yuma has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12 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 2003
21
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,630
proposed penalties
$2,682
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $948 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
5
inspections on record
70
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: 70 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Western Yuma has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$12
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-21.
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
2005 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 580 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 710 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,033 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,580 1 0 632.9
2004 Q2 1,269 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,406 10 2 7112.4
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 1,354 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,329 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 242 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 944 10 0 10593.2
2002 Q4 1,312 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,312 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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