Mining Incidents

Fawndale Rock & Asphalt Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Peter Shea Jr
Redding, Shasta County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405290

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2000–2020
Latest incident
Nov 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
65
citations
13
significant & substantial
$12,433
proposed penalties
$11,433
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 S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q3 6,546 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,770 1 0 209.6
2025 Q1 4,355 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,442 2 0 310.5
2024 Q3 9,947 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 10,187 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,774 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,428 0 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

15 on file

2020 · 1 incident

November 24, 2020 CA · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was moving tree branches/limbs with excavator and tree limb rolled out of bucket and entered cab. When tree limb entered cab, it broke employee's right leg.

2014 · 2 incidents

September 9, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck against stationary object

Climbing up a ladder to access the control shed. After stepping off of the ladder, he turned & hit his left elbow on a safety chain ring. He then felt faint, cat down & passed out 1 - 5 minutes. Reported incident 6 hours later to foreman. Went to Redding Occupational Medical Clinic. Returned to work that night. No lost time.

August 26, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee reached around an employee that was using a 4 1/2" grinder and grabbed the metal he was cutting. Pinched the grinding wheel and it jumped and cut his left forearm. Note: Employee was also dehydrated which led to the hospital stay.

2012 · 1 incident

2010 · 1 incident

January 18, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was grinding and welding on 1/18/10. Does not know specifically when metal got into his eye. Went home and noticed eye irritation and went to Eye Doctor after-hours. Notified Employer of injury on 1/19/10.

2008 · 1 incident

July 16, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was carrying bags of ANFO to drill holes on a quarry bench. He indicated the next morning that his lower back was sore but that the condition may be due to a previous injury with another employer.

2007 · 2 incidents

October 26, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employees was walking near screen plant bag house and slipped in mud

July 27, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was operating an excavator with equipped with a hammer when he observed a hydraulic line tangled around the "thumb". He stepped on the side of the hammer to reach the line and slipped causing an ankle sprain.

2006 · 2 incidents

August 8, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Fall onto or against objects

Worker was walking backwards and tripped into a crusher mantle liner lying upside down on the ground and sustained injury to his ribs, upper back and neck.

June 24, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was removing cutting edges from a CAT 988B loader and lacerated left middle finger on sharp edge on a bolt.

2004 · 1 incident

March 17, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER

2000 · 4 incidents

September 22, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A LARGE ROCK LODGED IN FEED HOPPER. MATERIAL ABOVE CAME LOOSE AND A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK GOT INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE.

June 19, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GUARD TO REPLACE BEARING ON HEAD PULLEY. WHILE LIFTING OPEN TOP PORTION OF GUARD, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND SLIPPED & BOTTOMOF GUARD CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN GUARD AND FRAME MEMBER.

April 20, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Fall from machine

WORKER CLIMBED UNDER HANDRAIL TO CONNECT A COME-A-LONG TO THE END OF A CONVEYOR BELT THAT WAS B EING INSTALLED. AS HE WAS SITTING ON THE CONVEYOR FRAME HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROU ND.

February 8, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS HOLDING A LARGE WRENCH ON A NUT WHILE ANOTHER WORKER TIGHTENED THE BOLT WITH AN AIR IMPACT GUN. WHEN THE BOLT TIGHTENED ON THE NUT IT CAUSED THE NUT TO TURN AND THE WORKERS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND A STEEL BEAM.