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Salt River Sand & Rock operator

Controlled by Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
MSHA operator ID: L07555
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
459
Mines on record
20
Years on record
1983–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
675
citations
201
significant & substantial
$180,175
proposed penalties
$178,036
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,139 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
459
inspections on record
5,330
inspection hours
12.7
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.
675 citations across 5,330 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.
$180K
proposed penalties
$178K
current assessed
$178K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
668 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2025
2
2024
3
2023
3
2022
8
2021
7
2020
8 (1f)
2019
7
2018
6
2017
4
2016
3
2015
8
2014
6
2013
2
2011
2
2010
1
2009
6
2008
9
2007
14
2006
15
2005
19
2004
23
2003
32
2002
18
2001
12
2000
12
1999
45
1998
40
1997
27
1996
21
1995
11
1994
8
1993
10
1992
3
1991
2
1990
14
1989
4
1988
3
1987
8
1986
31
1984
1
1983
1 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
June 13, 2020 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger Fatality · MACHINERY
Salt River Sand & Rock · Drowning

Operator error. Failed to set crane up in digging mode. Employee did not set the travel locks prior to digging.

April 25, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Salt River Sand & Rock · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS RUN OVER BY 980B FRONT END LOADER WHICH WAS MOVING IN A REVERSE DIRECTION WITH BACKUP ALARM SYSTEM WORKING. LACK OF ATTENTION BY VICTIM AND LOADER OPERATOR FOR A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. AUTOPSY REPORT SHOWED AN ALCOHOL CONTENT IN THE VICTIMS BLOOD LEVEL.

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