Mining Incidents

Bee Rock Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0404704

Bee Rock Quarry has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990–2014
Latest incident
Sep 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
82
citations
14
significant & substantial
$12,447
proposed penalties
$11,230
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,217 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
64
inspections on record
1,116
inspection hours
7.3
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.
82 citations across 1,116 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bee Rock Quarry has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 4 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-17.
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
2025 Q4 3,471 5 0 1440.5
2025 Q3 4,320 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,541 2 0 440.4
2025 Q1 4,055 4 2 986.4
2024 Q4 5,607 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,489 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,741 1 0 210.9
2024 Q1 4,367 0 0 0.0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,485 2 1 573.9
2023 Q3 3,960 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,481 2 0 574.5
2023 Q1 2,842 1 0 351.9
2022 Q4 2,593 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,394 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,608 1 0 277.2
2022 Q1 3,530 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,703 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,435 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,327 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,485 7 1 2008.6
2020 Q2 3,301 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,299 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,327 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,598 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,169 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,782 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,323 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,584 1 0 279.0
2018 Q2 3,425 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,042 1 0 328.7
2017 Q3 2,817 1 0 355.0
2017 Q2 3,748 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,137 2 1 637.6
2016 Q4 4,670 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,055 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,280 3 0 914.6
2016 Q1 3,859 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,727 1 0 268.3
2015 Q3 6,195 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,056 1 0 165.1
2015 Q1 4,627 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,786 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,062 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,778 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,085 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,688 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,785 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,211 1 0 191.9
2013 Q1 5,298 1 0 188.8
2012 Q4 5,980 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,157 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,677 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,101 1 0 243.8
2011 Q4 4,374 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,051 2 0 396.0
2011 Q2 5,246 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,088 2 0 489.2
2010 Q4 3,472 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,554 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,610 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,343 1 0 230.3
2009 Q4 4,249 2 1 470.7
2009 Q3 4,672 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,540 2 1 440.5
2009 Q1 4,320 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,557 2 0 438.9
2008 Q3 4,652 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,992 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,858 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,452 2 1 366.8
2007 Q3 6,545 1 1 152.8
2007 Q2 5,671 2 0 352.7
2007 Q1 5,489 4 0 728.7
2006 Q4 5,531 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,869 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,869 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,504 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,938 2 0 336.8
2005 Q3 5,523 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,925 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,867 3 0 511.3
2004 Q4 4,407 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,626 5 3 888.7
2004 Q2 4,173 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,345 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,871 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,243 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,168 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,773 1 0 209.5
2002 Q4 6,568 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,510 2 1 307.2
2002 Q2 5,065 1 0 197.4
2002 Q1 5,369 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,103 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,969 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,103 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,833 5 0 857.2
2000 Q4 6,330 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,500 4 1 727.3
2000 Q2 5,555 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,245 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2014 · 1 incident

September 8, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE had removed 4X6 - 1 ½ Screens from deck, he had lifted the screen up over Handrail and was lowering to lower level (work deck) approx. 10 ft. when he let go his left middle finger caught between Handrail & Screen causing injury to finger. Nail avulsion & fracture of finger tip.

2002 · 2 incidents

October 23, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Struck by flying object

3"-4" ROCK FELL FROM APPROX. 16' FROM FEEDER WHILE CHECKING UNDER-JAW BELT, STRIKING UPPER LIP CAUSING MINOR LACERATION.

October 22, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING CHAIN THROUGH HOLE IN K-RAIL, BURR ON LINK OF CHAIN SLICED FINGERS.

1990 · 1 incident

August 16, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bee Rock Products · Struck against a moving object

TWO LOADERS WORKING IN PRETTY CLOSE QUARTERS COLLIDED IN OUR OPINION THEY JUST GOT CARELESS & BACKED INTO EACH OTHER OPERATORS EQUALITY TO BLAME

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The full compliance file on Bee Rock Quarry

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.