Mining Incidents

Beeline Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Scottsdale, Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0203199

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Years on record
2008–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
52
citations
8
significant & substantial
$8,776
proposed penalties
$8,776
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
2025 Q4 25,800 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,795 1 0 208.6
2025 Q1 4,738 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 21,115 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,240 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,536 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11,291 7 0 620.0
2023 Q4 10,198 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

22 on file

2025 · 1 incident

May 15, 2025 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck against stationary object

Miner was performing work on a 770G rigid frame water truck when EE walked into the water fill pipe on the haul truck cutting EE's right eyebrow. Miner was sent to urgent care where EE received 5 stitches for the cut.

2023 · 3 incidents

March 3, 2023 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Salt River Sand & Rock · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Miner was trying to remove a rock that was stuck underneath the jaw crusher with a 5 lb sledgehammer. While trying to dislodge the rock that was stuck, the miner strained EE's right shoulder.

February 22, 2023 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt River Sand & Rock · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner was shoveling material around the crusher area. After getting home, EE's back became sore and tight.

January 16, 2023 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Salt River Sand & Rock · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Miner was running for cover from the starting rain storm when EE stepped on the concrete near the flocculent tank. In doing so EE stepped on a small amount of spilled wet flock and slipped. Miner said they felt a pain in lower back.

2022 · 1 incident

November 28, 2022 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Salt River Sand & Rock · Fall from machine

Miner was stepping out of service truck when they missed the bottom step and fell to the ground. Miner impacted the ground with left shoulder resulting in an injury to the shoulder.

2021 · 3 incidents

August 3, 2021 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Salt River Sand & Rock · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was inspecting the head pully of a conveyor belt on the Jaw crusher while standing on the chassis of the jaw. Miner stepped over to one of the tires and it rotated causing miner to start to fall. Miner grabbed the support leg of the conveyer to stop the fall and strained right shoulder and upper arm. Miner was placed on restricted duty by medical.

June 22, 2021 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt River Sand & Rock · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While miner was greasing mobile equipment miner went to step back into service truck and felt a pop in lower back. Miner was sent to medical for evaluation as miner requested and was placed on restricted duty due to a reported strain of muscles in lower back by medical.

May 10, 2021 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was removing a 12" stuck rock off the grizzly bars from the jaw crusher when the rock shifted. As a result the rock struck miner's left ring finger cutting the finger requiring stitches to close the wound.

2020 · 2 incidents

October 13, 2020 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck against a moving object

Miner had a personal injury that miner came to work with and while operating the M982 loader it irritated the injury more. Additional strain of right lower back muscle due to improper posture while operating the loader.

January 13, 2020 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Salt River Sand & Rock · Fall from machine

Miner was climbing down out of the 980K loader during the pre-trip inspection and missed the bottom rung of the ladder that is attached to the loader. This resulted in EE falling and landing on hands and back. 6 hours later the miner requested to be checked by medical. X-rays came back negative and miner was given one off work for recovery by the doctor.

2019 · 2 incidents

March 27, 2019 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to loosen plug on front axle in order to check the oil level and to pull a sample. The plug was tight, so employee was going to shock it by hitting it with a hammer. The employee missed the plug with the hammer and hit finger instead.

January 10, 2019 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator MACHINERY
Salt River Sand & Rock · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While pull starting a chainsaw the miner felt a pop in the left wrist. X-Rays were taken and came back as negative but the miner was placed on restricted duty by the doctor to rest the wrist.

2018 · 2 incidents

November 27, 2018 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck against stationary object

Miner was walking across an illuminated flat working surface of the mine located at the equipment parking area while greasing the equipment. In doing so EE stepped on a rock which resulted in EE twisting EE's right ankle. Reported the next day and was sent for medical evaluation which placed EE on restricted duty.

September 26, 2018 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt River Sand & Rock · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner strained lower back when EE was laying down on back side shoveling out from under the jaw crusher.

2017 · 1 incident

October 2, 2017 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck by falling object

Miner was cutting/grinding a 20'x5" Channel Iron when it fell from the work bench catching left glove on the way down. This resulted in a strain to EE's left shoulder when it jerked EE's left arm. Miner has been placed on restricted duty and a MRI of the shoulder is pending.

2014 · 1 incident

March 20, 2014 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt River Sand & Rock · Over-exertion in lifting objects

On 3/20/2014 ee was shoveling at the cone crusher and other areas of the plant. While shoveling he felt a pain down his right leg coming from his lower back. It was late in his shift so he sat down the rest of the day. On 3/24/2014 ee notified safety of the incident and was sent to the doctors. The doctor placed him on restricted duty until he his back and leg feels better.

2010 · 1 incident

May 24, 2010 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Salt River Sand & Rock · Flash burns (welding)

Employees were taking turns as one welded the heal plates into the loader the other would then grind. Employee was injured by indirect exposure of UV rays from his coworker who was welding He was wearing an auto darkening welding hood; The hood was on shade level #5 for grinding.

2009 · 2 incidents

October 19, 2009 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt River Sand & Rock · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

He was installing the new bearing on the head pully stacker and while holding both sides of the housing the bearing slid onto the shaft smashing his finger between the bearing.

August 1, 2009 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman POWERED HAULAGE
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck against a moving object

Failure to control the vehicle, he struck a berm, causing injury to his face.

2008 · 3 incidents

October 15, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While changing screens on a 8x20 JCI screen, the employee was holding a bolt that had been worn due to materials with his left thumb and left forefinger and an impact gun with his right hand. When the employee tried to remove the nut from the bolt, the bolt spun and cut thru the employees leather glove, lacerating the left thumb.

May 7, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck by flying object

While changing screens, he was on one side of screen panel, and his coworker on the other side, and when they went to toss the screen his glove got caught on a hook. He pulled back and the screen caught his ear and the motion also knocked him down.