Mining Incidents

Western Rock Fast Pack Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
St. George, Mohave County, AZ  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202099

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
61
citations
13
significant & substantial
$26,838
proposed penalties
$20,243
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 1,746 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,643 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,712 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,280 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,356 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,340 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 6,586 1 0 151.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2025 · 1 incident

January 13, 2025 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Rock Products · Struck against stationary object

While removing an old piece of metal off the top deck of a discharge chute on a screening plant, the technician picked up the metal and it cut through the technician's glove and into finger causing a laceration.

2020 · 1 incident

November 5, 2020 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IE & co-worker were inserting a new belt, the choke rigging on the old belt was not going to hold through the process. IE lifted up on the slack of belt & co-worker attempted to cut a hole using the fixed serrated blade on EE's Leatherman. As EE attempted to cut a hole and applied pressure, the blade slipped off and struck IE puncturing the leg.

2004 · 2 incidents

August 10, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Rock Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Worker was shoveling at a screen plant. He felt a pain in his lower back. He continued his shift running a skid loader. He did not report the incident until the next day.

February 11, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Rock Products · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

BACK BEGAN HURTING DURING A TWO WEEK PERIOD FROM THE WEEK OF 2-5-04 TO 2-11-04. AFTER HIS SHIFT ON THE 11TH HE WENT TO A DOCTOR. THE FOLLOWING MONDAU HE CALLED HIS SUPERVISOR AND TOLD HIM HIS BACK WAS HURTING & HE WAS GOING TO TAKE A FEW DAYS OFF. NEVER INDICATED HE WAS INJURED AT WORK UNTIL 3-1-04.

2000 · 2 incidents

August 31, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cox Rock Products, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING JAW DIE WEDGE WHEN THE PORTA-POWER CYLINDER SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

January 13, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cox Rock Products, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS STEPPING OFF OF A BEL UNLOADER, SLIPPED ON A ROLLER, AND HIT RIBS AGAINST THE EDGE OF A LOADER BUCKET.