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: 75 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
White Cliffs Mine & Plant has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-01-22.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2010
2
2009
2
2008
6
2007
4
2003
2
2002
5
1999
3
1998
2
1997
5
1996
4
1995
4
1994
4
1993
5
1990
1
1989
8
1988
7
1987
8
1986
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
White Cliffs Mine & Plant sits in Pinal County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Pinal County, Arizona · Population 449,219
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$77,588
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2010 Q4
113
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
474
1
0
2109.7
2008 Q4
1,291
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,982
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
2,212
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,095
1
0
477.3
2007 Q4
1,889
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
552
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3
512
12
3
23437.5
2003 Q2
1,520
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
720
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
3,360
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
1994 · 1 incident
May 3, 1994AZ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanELECTRICAL
Arimetco Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WHEN REMOVING VENT CAPS FROM BATTERY, THE BATTERY EXPLODED AND SPLASHED ELECTROLYTE IN DANNY'S EYES.