92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $45,573 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
123
inspections on record
9,136
inspection hours
8.9
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.
811 citations across 9,136 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.
$575K
proposed penalties
$567K
current assessed
$530K
paid to date
$37K
outstanding
758 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
April 9, 2016AZ · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorFatality · ELECTRICAL
Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc · Contact with electrical current
Employee went to prime the diaphragm pump located outside the stripping machine building, adjacent to the hydraulic room. Eight minutes pass where EE is unaccounted for prior to being found unresponsive, kneeling in liquid, face against the stainless steel flange of the tank house return HDPE line.
September 14, 2007AZ · Metal/Non-Metalelectrician, linemanFatality · ELECTRICAL
Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc · Contact with electrical current
An electrician that was trouble shooting an installation was electrocuted by a single leg of a 3 phase 4160 volt service.
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