# FMI Ajo Operations

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0200156
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Copper Ore NEC
- **Location:** Pima, AZ
- **Operator:** Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold
- **Controller:** Freeport-McMoRan Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 252
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Freeport-McMoRan Inc (0067299) → Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (L12416) → FMI Ajo Operations (0200156)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Phelps Dodge Corp → Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold:** 1950-01-01 through 2007-03-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 0200156; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Freeport-McMoRan Inc → Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold:** 2007-03-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0200156; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 12 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $1,609 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 7 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 5 inspection events and 69 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008
- **30 CFR 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **30 CFR 56.16005 — Securing gas cylinders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16005
- **30 CFR 56.12034 — Guarding around lights.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12034
- **30 CFR 56.12025 — Grounding circuit enclosures.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12025

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2020-02-07 through 2020-02-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-03-17 through 2004-03-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 12 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2003-06-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2001-02-13 through 2001-02-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2001-10-26 through 2001-10-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 145 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1950-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 5 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2004-03-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 28 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 12 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2003-06-05; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/fmi-ajo-operations-0200156`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/fmi-ajo-operations-0200156`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0200156/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0200156/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0200156/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`