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Happy Valley Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Lafarge North America Inc · Surface

Controlled by Holcim Ltd

Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0202803

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2004–2007
Latest incident: Oct 2007

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$11,173

proposed penalties

$11,173

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1	0	0	0
2008 Q4	2,614	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	560	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	3,192	2	1	626.6
2007 Q4	6,557	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	5,782	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	4,925	2	1	406.1
2006 Q4	5,035	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

October 31, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lafarge North America Inc · Struck by falling object

Two EE's were loading GT-60 drill steel from the ground onto a truck with a drill steel rack. The ground in the area was uneven and when they put it onto the truck, the drill steel dropped on EE's hand and smashed his knuckles. EE had pins inserted in that hand when he was 13 years old and stated the hand felt different, so we took him to the emergency room.

May 24, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Lafarge North America Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A co-worker was running from being sprayed by water from the water truck and accidently ran into employee, knocking him down.

2005 · 2 incidents

July 12, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Sun State Rock & Materials Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While filling water truck, rock and dirt slid down embankment causing employee to be knocked from barrier he was standing on. He fell between water truck and barrier wall.

July 11, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Sun State Rock & Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Reaching behind seat of haul truck to get seat belt, he hurt his hand on the A/C fan blade.

2004 · 1 incident

October 23, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL

Sun State Rock & Materials Corp · Flash burns (electric)

While attempting to reverse the rotation of an electrical motor, employee received flash burns to both eyes & minor burns to his rt. wrist. EE opened what he believed to be the correct circuit breaker. However, the wrong circuit breaker was in fact opened thus the power was not shut off to the motor. He was using a pair of needle nose pyiers to move the wires, explosion occurred.