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: 71 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Windowrock Pit has $913 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.
$913
proposed penalties
$913
current assessed
$913
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-11-19.
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
3
2007
4
2006
4
2005
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Windowrock Pit sits in Mohave County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Mohave County, Arizona · Population 217,420
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,799
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
2010 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
50
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
120
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
129
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
206
1
0
4854.4
2008 Q3
562
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2
841
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
739
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,233
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
549
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
497
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
461
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
191
3
0
15706.8
2006 Q3
559
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
428
3
0
7009.3
2006 Q1
859
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
615
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,007
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,053
4
0
3798.7
2005 Q1
1,918
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2008 · 1 incident
May 2, 2008AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS