Mining Incidents

Alliance Ready Mix Inc: 71 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Alliance Ready Mix Inc · Surface
Controlled by Brandt Robertson
Cuyama, San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405530

Alliance Ready Mix Inc has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
71
citations
23
significant & substantial
$10,530
proposed penalties
$8,226
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,304 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
27
inspections on record
376
inspection hours
n/a
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: 376 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Alliance Ready Mix Inc has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-14.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
30.4%
high negligence or reckless
31.9%
reasonably likely or greater
50.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.8% low, 63.8% moderate, 30.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
23 citations taken to the federal commission · 32% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 9%
  • Stood as issued 21 · 91%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 15 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $5K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-02-26.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2010-301M Default Manning 2011 $5K → $5K
WEST 2010-752M Settlement Gill 2011 $393 → $393
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2009-09-15, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.83 0.34 Mechanic
2009-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.83 0.17 Cleanup Man
2009-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2009-09-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.76 0.20 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.58 0.31 Backhoe Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Ozena Valley Ranch Sand & Gravel 2002 to 2007
  2. Ozena Valley Ranch Sand and Gravel 2007 to 2008
  3. Alliance Ready Mix Inc 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 6
2009 6
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 3
2004 3
2003 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Alliance Ready Mix Inc sits in San Bernardino County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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 Bernardino County, California · Population 2,187,816
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,184
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, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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
2010 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,040 5 2 2451.0
2010 Q1 2,040 5 2 2451.0
2009 Q4 2,040 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,040 21 13 10294.1
2009 Q2 2,040 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,040 0 0 0.0
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 2,090 12 3 5741.6
2008 Q3 825 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,250 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,295 4 2 3088.8
2007 Q4 1,420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,295 3 1 2316.6
2007 Q2 1,340 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,520 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,190 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,275 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,460 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,450 5 0 3448.3
2005 Q4 1,285 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,153 4 0 3469.2
2005 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,375 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,425 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,450 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,870 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,870 4 0 2139.0
2003 Q3 1,440 4 0 2777.8
2003 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 800 3 0 3750.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.