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Oat Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Superior Ready Mix Concrete L P · Surface

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company

Holtville, Imperial County, CA · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 0405082

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2000–2003
Latest incident: Feb 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$3,683

proposed penalties

$3,355

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q3	0	0
2025 Q2	0	0
2025 Q1	0	2
2024 Q4	87	0	0.0
2024 Q3	189	0	0.0
2024 Q2	548	0	0.0
2024 Q1	312	1	3205.1
2023 Q4	576	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

February 14, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Superior Ready Mix Concrete L P · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS CLIMBING LADDER AND HIT KNEE ON STEP.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 26, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

Superior Ready Mix Concrete L P · Rubbed or abraded

THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN SANDSTONE FROM A CONVEYOR WHEN HIS KNEE BUCKLED.

May 31, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE

Superior Ready Mix Concrete L P · Struck against a moving object

THE OPERATOR WAS WATERING HAUL ROAD, STOPPED AT TOP OF HILL & STARTED TO BACK UP; IT WAS TOO WET AND HE LOST AIR PRESSURE, GOT OUT OF GEAR & DROVE TRUCK INTO BANK. WATER TRUCK STOPPED, THEN W ATER IN TANK SHIFTED FORWARD, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL ON SIDE.