citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 24 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wyroc Plant has $829 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$829
proposed penalties
$829
current assessed
$829
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-01-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2000
17
1999
17
1998
16
1997
16
1996
17
1995
23
1994
29
1993
26
1992
27
1991
32
1990
33
1989
33
1988
34
1987
34
1986
35
1985
29
1984
26
1983
22
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Wyroc Plant sits in San Diego County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
San Diego County, California · Population 3,282,782
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$102,285
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3
8,555
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
9,099
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
8,704
10
3
1148.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
19 on file
1994 · 2 incidents
August 24, 1994CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM A 641 SCRAPER, TRIPPED ON A ROCK & INJURED THE LIGAMENTS AROUND HIS LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTIFY EMPLOYEE OF INCIDENT UNTIL 4-8-94.
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1993 · 1 incident
July 12, 1993CA · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CONDITIONS OF THE JAW CRUSHER ARE SUCH THAT NO MECHANICAL DEVICES AREA POSSIBLE. HAS TO BE LABOR INTENSIVE. EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND TURNING AT THE SAME TIME.
July 29, 1992CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE GRINDING DOWN A RUBBER GROMMENT ON GRINDER, GROMMET SLIPPED AND FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH GRINDING WHEEL.
January 25, 1983CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON