Climax Molybdenum Company operator
Controlled by
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
MSHA operator ID: L17295
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 548
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1999–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,518
citations
365
significant & substantial
$1,153,863
proposed penalties
$1,058,493
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $95,370 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
452
inspections on record
36,584
inspection hours
6.9
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.2,518 citations across 36,584 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$1.2M
proposed penalties
$1.1M
current assessed
$1.1M
paid to date
$28K
outstanding
2,449 assessments are final orders; 45 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 169 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 135 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 66 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 59 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 31 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 15 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
9
2025
19
2024
30
2023
34
2022
22
2021
15
2020
18
2019
25
2018
22
2017
8
2016
15
2015
17
2014
13
2013
24
2012
20
2011
28
2010
16
2009
13
2008
42
2007
32
2006
26
2005
21
2004
17
2003
15
2002
14
2001
5
2000
22
1999
6
Mines on record
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