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Bianchi Pit: 52 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David E Crye
Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405561

Bianchi Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $286 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2004–2018
Latest incident
Jul 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
52
citations
14
significant & substantial
$6,495
proposed penalties
$6,209
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $286 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See David Crye General Engineering and Contractor, Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
55
inspections on record
820
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: 820 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bianchi Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $286 outstanding across 1 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$286
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $495 in penalties contested before the Commission, $495 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-08.
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.
26.9%
significant & substantial
21.2%
high negligence or reckless
26.9%
reasonably likely or greater
42.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.3% low, 61.5% moderate, 21.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 2004-60M Dismissal Lesnick 2004 $495 → $495
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: 2025-04-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2010-08-03 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.02 20 0.00 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Manganese fumes 0.07 5 0.01 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Iron oxide fumes 0.37 20 0.02 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-03 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Mechanic
2010-08-03 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Mechanic
2005-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.3 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 1.52 0.41 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.63 0.33 Gathering Arm 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. Winsor Construction Inc 2003 to 2015
  2. David Crye General Engineering and Contractor, Inc 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 5
2024 5
2023 4
2022 5
2021 4
2020 5
2019 5
2018 7
2017 7
2016 6
2015 6
2014 4
2013 5
2012 5
2011 4
2010 5
2009 5
2008 5
2007 5
2006 5
2005 5
2004 5
2003 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bianchi Pit sits in San Luis Obispo County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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 Luis Obispo County, California · Population 281,486
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$93,398
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
2026 Q2 712 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,236 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,059 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,225 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,387 2 0 590.5
2025 Q1 939 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,569 2 0 560.4
2024 Q3 2,967 4 2 1348.2
Show 85 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,482 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,456 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,928 2 0 1037.3
2023 Q3 1,981 3 1 1514.4
2023 Q2 2,429 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,542 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,511 4 0 2647.3
2022 Q3 1,930 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,026 1 0 493.6
2022 Q1 2,385 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,579 1 0 633.3
2021 Q3 1,867 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,474 1 0 678.4
2021 Q1 676 1 0 1479.3
2020 Q4 1,154 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,772 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 767 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,418 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,140 2 0 1754.4
2019 Q3 1,817 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,713 1 0 368.6
2019 Q1 1,721 1 1 581.1
2018 Q4 1,830 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,133 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,102 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,636 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,659 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,822 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,392 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,376 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,519 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,711 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,629 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,674 1 0 597.4
2015 Q4 2,072 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,723 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,699 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,462 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,852 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,586 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,824 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,754 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,354 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,403 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,916 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,935 1 0 516.8
2012 Q4 2,073 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,290 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,444 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,353 1 0 739.1
2011 Q4 2,017 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,906 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,544 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,056 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,674 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,413 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,544 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,089 1 1 478.7
2009 Q4 1,885 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,133 3 3 1406.5
2009 Q2 2,117 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,958 1 0 510.7
2008 Q4 2,474 1 0 404.2
2008 Q3 2,215 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,730 2 1 1156.1
2008 Q1 2,028 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,173 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,383 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,214 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,696 1 1 589.6
2006 Q4 2,924 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,938 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,059 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,835 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,795 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,564 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,349 1 1 425.7
2004 Q4 2,529 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,799 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,506 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,075 3 0 1445.8
2003 Q4 2,774 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,888 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 650 9 3 13846.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2018 · 1 incident

July 9, 2018 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
David Crye General Engineering and Contractor, Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Loader operator got off mobile equipment to help dump truck driver with small rock stuck between trailer tail gate and frame. In the process, the rock rolled back and smashed the operator's small finger. Operator received 8 stitches in right small finger.

2012 · 2 incidents

July 23, 2012 CA · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Winsor Construction Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Highwall failure. 7/23 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm small amounts of rock started to fall to the existing bench. 7/23 5:30 pm - 6:00 am on 7/24/12 large amounts of rock from highwall fell.

February 13, 2012 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Winsor Construction Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

While on vacation EE contacted cold. Cold went away accept for a small lingering cough miner developed chest pains went to Dr. and was diag. with pneumonia. Doctors changed diagnosis to possible Valley Fever. No Eq. was involved leading to illness.

2011 · 1 incident

October 21, 2011 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Winsor Construction Inc · Struck against stationary object

Operator was walking from dozer to fuel truck and tripped over a dirt clod and twisted ankle resulting in broken bone in ankle area.

2008 · 1 incident

October 22, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Winsor Construction Inc · Struck against a moving object

Driver pulled into safe area to allow another truck to pass. When driver backed out of safety zone, he backed up too far resulting with wheels over embankment causing rollover.

2006 · 1 incident

December 11, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Winsor Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mechanic was changing cutting edges on loader bucket. While attempting to get large bolt in correct placement, he accidently activated air impact wrench which spun bolt and caused a laceration of left wrist requiring stitches.

2004 · 1 incident

May 12, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Winsor Construction Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS WORKING ON EXCAVATOR BUCKET REMOVING ROCK TEETH WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF THE TOOTH FROM THE HAMMER BLOW AND LODGED IN EE'S RIGHT THIGH. THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED MINE EQUIPMENT PARKED AT THE MINE SHOP FOR REPAIR. THE MINER HAS LOTS OF EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & APTITUDE. NO RULES WERE BROKEN.