Mining Incidents

Woodruff Butte Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dale McKinnon
Woodruff, Navajo County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201823

Woodruff Butte has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1990–2010
Latest incident
Jul 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
134
citations
54
significant & substantial
$30,523
proposed penalties
$23,458
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,065 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
298
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: 298 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Woodruff Butte has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
129 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-16.
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
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q3 410 1 0 2439.0
2010 Q2 520 18 9 34615.4
2010 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 610 1 0 1639.3
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 241 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 763 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,752 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,162 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,134 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,440 14 8 9722.2
2007 Q4 578 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,576 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 483 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 944 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 591 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 517 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 610 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 322 4 2 12422.4
2005 Q3 1,892 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,506 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 449 5 2 11135.9
2004 Q3 305 12 2 39344.3
2004 Q2 745 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,052 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,979 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,137 7 3 3275.6
2003 Q2 2,392 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,019 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 684 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,593 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,120 9 4 4245.3
2002 Q1 2,354 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,923 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,958 51 18 17241.4
2001 Q2 2,090 8 3 3827.8
2001 Q1 1,995 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,873 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,136 3 3 1404.5
2000 Q2 1,773 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 926 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2010 · 1 incident

July 6, 2010 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cholla Ready Mix Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was rolling a v-belt and his right middle finger got caught cutting the end of the finger. Cut required 4 stitches.

2007 · 1 incident

October 11, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cholla Ready Mix Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was in truck when the starter got hung up. Employee left the truck running with it in gear when he got out to fix problem. He was underneath the truck with his left foot under the tire when the starter started to work causing the truck to run over his left foot.

2003 · 2 incidents

September 24, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cholla Ready Mix Inc · Struck by powered moving object

CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE LOADER AND THE CONTROL VAN. THE LOADER ROLLED OUT SLIGHTLY AND EE WAS PINCHED IN BETWEEN THE LOADER AND THE VAN. THE LOADER OPERATOR IMMEDIATELY BACKED THE LOADER UP, THERE WAS NO VISIBLE INJURY. WE SENT EE TO THE DOCTOR TO BE CHECKED OUT AND EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT FINE.

September 17, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cholla Ready Mix Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REMOVING A WELDING HITCH, THE HITCH SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS LEFT PINKY FINGER CAUSING IT TO BREAK.

1990 · 2 incidents

May 30, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cholla Ready Mix Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL SPLICING BELT WHEN RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEFT THUMB REQUIRING 12 STITCHES.

January 2, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cholla Ready Mix Inc · Struck by falling object

CLEANING SCREENS LG ROCK FELL OFF HITTING EMP ON BACK OF HEAD REQ 4 STICHES

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