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Pinto Valley Mine, Gila County, Arizona: 417 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Pinto Valley Mine is an active copper ore surface mine in Gila County, Arizona, operated by Pinto Valley Mining Corp. with 728 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0201049). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 417 citations and orders there with $501,229 in proposed penalties, and 80 accident reports were filed there, with 80 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0201049
- Status
- Active since February 2, 2026
- Main commodity
- Copper ore
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Gila County, Arizona
- Nearest town
- Miami
- Operator
- Pinto Valley Mining Corp.
- Parent company
- Capstone Copper Corp
- Employees
- 728
- MSHA field office
- Mesa South AZ Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 417
- Significant and substantial
- 82 (19.7%)
- Closure orders
- 7
- High negligence or reckless
- 30
- Proposed penalties
- $501,229
- Amount paid so far
- $496,017
- Inspections
- 54
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,686
- Citations per inspection
- 7.72 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 80
- Injury and illness cases
- 80
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 17, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 58 ($64,519 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 41 | 2 | $17,619 | 6 |
| 2023 | 78 | 16 | $47,518 | 18 |
| 2024 | 169 | 44 | $371,143 | 19 |
| 2025 | 60 | 6 | $48,863 | 28 |
| 2026 | 69 | 14 | $16,086 | 9 |
Standards cited most at Pinto Valley Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 44 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 44 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 34 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 26 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
| 30 CFR 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 13 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 11 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 56.12006 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.15001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
Injury and illness cases at Pinto Valley Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Permanent disability | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 44 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 35 |
What the accident reports at Pinto Valley Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 26 |
| Slip or fall of person | 19 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 11 |
| Machinery | 11 |
| Stepping or kneeling on object | 4 |
| Powered haulage | 3 |
| Other | 2 |
| Striking or bumping | 1 |
| Entrapment | 1 |
| Exploding vessels under pressure | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Pinto Valley Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 11 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 6 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 4 |
| Front-end loader | 4 |
| Bulldozer | 2 |
| Shovel | 2 |
| Ore haulage trucks - on highway trucks | 1 |
| Forklift | 1 |
| Bench grinder | 1 |
| Carriage-mounted drills | 1 |
Other open mines in Gila County, Arizona
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Mine | Asarco LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company | Gila County, AZ | Copper ore | 630 | 349 |
| Hayden Concentrator | Asarco LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company | Gila County, AZ | Copper ore | 135 | 127 |
| Gila Pit | Gila Concrete LLC | Gila County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 48 |
| Freeport McMoRan Miami Inc | Freeport McMoRan Miami Inc | Gila County, AZ | Copper ore | 150 | 26 |
| Globe Mill | Silver Bullet Holdings | Gila County, AZ | Silver ore | 4 | 26 |
| Champion Mine | Silver Bullet Holdings | Gila County, AZ | Silver ore | 4 | 23 |
| Carlota Copper Company | Carlota Copper Company | Gila County, AZ | Copper ore | 63 | 21 |
| Star Valley Granite & Materials | Star Valley Granite & Materials | Gila County, AZ | Crushed, broken granite | 2 | 19 |
| Tonto Pit | Payson Concrete & Materials Inc | Gila County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 15 |
| Cemex-Globe/bixby | Cemex Construction Materials South LLC | Gila County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 8 |
| Dixon Rock and Materials LLC | Dixon Rock and Materials LLC | Gila County, AZ | Sand, common | 0 | 7 |
| Portable Crusher No. 3 | Rango Inc. | Gila County, AZ | Lime | 5 | 6 |
| Portable Crushing Plant | Payson Concrete & Materials Inc | Gila County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 6 |
| Portable Screening Plant | Payson Concrete & Materials Inc | Gila County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 5 |
| Bobbitt Silica | Smithco Ent Inc | Gila County, AZ | Crushed, broken sandstone | 1 | 2 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.