Climax Molybdenum Company safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Housekeeping.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.20003(a) · $432.00 proposed penalty
Electrical conductors.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.12004 · $226.00 proposed penalty
Electrical conductors.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.12004 · $226.00 proposed penalty
Housekeeping.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.20003(a) · $432.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 0500790192.8 on-site hours reported
Inspection.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.4201(a)(1) · $366.00 proposed penalty
Handling of materials
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 0500790Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee experienced Personal Medical causing them to injure their foot while stepping out of shower.
Machinery
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 0500790Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Replacing return roller on locked out conveyor belt system when jack failed and belt pinned hand against roller. No broken bones, pinched muscles and loss of sensation to hand.
Slip or fall of person
Climax Mine · 0502256Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Operator slipped dismounting a motor grader, lost grip on the ladder and fell on the grader blade.
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 05007904.8 on-site hours reported
Handling of materials
Climax Mine · 0502256Dys awy frm wrk & restrctd act
Accident narrative
Employee had to restack liners because the original pallet was damaged and needed to be replaced on another pallet, an extra task that can be avoided if the original pallets are better managed. When moving the concave liners from a damaged pallet, one of the liners shifted and crushed a finger, causing an open tuft fracture of right index finger with nail damage.
All other occupational illnesses
Climax Mine · 0502256Occupatnal illness not deg 1-6
Accident narrative
Employee was cleaning under the lime plant and fine material from the screw conveyor was coming down and the employee believes they inhaled some of the airborne lime. The case did not go recordable until 09/23/2025 when the employee was given restrictions.
Powered haulage
Climax Mine · 0502256Days away from work only
Accident narrative
After getting a bucket of material, the loader loading the haul truck backed up and turned too quickly causing the bucket of the loader to make contact with the truck bed. This caused the haulage operator to suffer a back muscle strain. Case went recordable on 09/13/2025 when the operator was given restrictions.
Safety belts and lines.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.15005 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,252.00 proposed penalty
Violation — cited standard not reported
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 0500790Combustible waste.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.4104(b)(1) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Correction of hazardous conditions.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.3200 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Prohibited areas for food and beverages.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.20014 · $165.00 proposed penalty
Requirement for container labels.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 47.41(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Testing grounding systems.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.12028 · $755.00 proposed penalty
Housekeeping.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safe access.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.11001 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Construction and maintenance of guards.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 57.14112(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Requirement for container labels.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 47.41(a) · $504.00 proposed penalty
Requirement for container labels.
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · 050079030 CFR 47.41(a) · $504.00 proposed penalty
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.