Mining Incidents

AMMEX Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Ocotillo, Imperial County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404784

AMMEX has $496 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1989–2000
Latest incident
Apr 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
8
citations
2
significant & substantial
$496
proposed penalties
$496
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
71
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: 71 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

AMMEX has $496 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.
$496
proposed penalties
$496
current assessed
$496
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-07-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2002 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 301 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 244 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,067 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,520 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,448 7 2 2859.5
2001 Q2 2,543 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,757 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 2,842 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,094 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,731 1 0 366.2
2000 Q1 2,853 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2000 · 1 incident

April 7, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE SMASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST CONVEYOR FRAME.

1994 · 1 incident

March 25, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SAND & ROCK WITH 966 LOADER, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

1992 · 3 incidents

December 18, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A JAW BULK HEAD FROM A CRUSHER. WHILE LOADER WAS LOWERING THE JAW BULK HEAD, THE LOAD FELL ON THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG AND PINCHED IT.

August 14, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE MAKING REPAIRS, EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CONVEYOR BELT ONTO THE CONVEYOR AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

March 30, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tarmac California Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A CONVEYOR BELT AT THE AGGREGATE PLANT, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA.

1990 · 2 incidents

July 31, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Tarmac California Inc · Contact with electrical current

WAS MAKING ADJUSTMENT ON A SMALL GENERATOR AND THE SCREWDRIVER AND THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND SHORTED A WIRE CAUSING MINOR INJURY TO HIS INDEX FINGER.

January 11, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tarmac California Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS REPAIRING CRUSHER CONVEYOR AND PULLED TOO HARD AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

1989 · 1 incident

July 17, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Tarmac California Inc · Contact with heat

I,NAME WAS WELDING IN THE DIRECT SUN IN TEMPERATURES OVER 110 DEGREES.

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