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.
232 citations across 1,394 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cabazon has $70K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$70K
proposed penalties
$64K
current assessed
$64K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
226 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $20K in penalties contested before the Commission, $14K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-25.
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.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 71%
Stood as issued
2 · 29%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$20K proposed, $14K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2019-11-05.
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.
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: 2025-09-10
10%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz131 over
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (21)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-07-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.69
1.57
1.08
Cleanup Man
2025-09-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.95
0.18
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-08-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-01-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-01-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
Building Repair/Maint.
2018-10-31
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Welder, etc.
2018-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Bobcat Operator
2014-06-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.76
0.33
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2014-06-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.89
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-02-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-02-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.91
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.98
0.15
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.92
0.29
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.95
0.19
Welder, etc.
2005-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
1.09
0.16
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-07-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shovel Operator
2003-07-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
1.03
0.37
Truck Driver
2002-04-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.35
Mechanic
2002-04-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
3.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-07-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.14
0.28
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Cabazon recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.42 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
3.47
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
3.64
3.64
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
5.70
5.70
0.000
2019 *
2.76
2.76
0.000
2018 *
7.55
2.52
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
22
2025
21
2024
23
2023
25
2022
27
2021
27
2020
32
2019
31
2018
33
2017
47
2016
32
2015
25
2014
23
2013
19
2012
17
2011
18
2010
20
2009
18
2008
19
2007
24
2006
21
2005
21
2004
22
2003
47
2002
24
2001
10
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cabazon sits in Riverside 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.
Riverside County, California · Population 2,449,909
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$89,672
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
12,905
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
10,227
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
10,703
1
0
93.4
2025 Q3
12,378
1
0
80.8
2025 Q2
13,867
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
13,354
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
14,021
1
0
71.3
2024 Q3
13,842
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
15,930
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
13,851
1
0
72.2
2023 Q4
15,179
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
14,626
1
0
68.4
2023 Q2
14,269
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
13,169
1
1
75.9
2022 Q4
14,221
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
14,494
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
11,928
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
14,232
1
0
70.3
2021 Q4
15,648
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
16,225
1
0
61.6
2021 Q2
16,727
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
16,680
2
1
119.9
2020 Q4
17,148
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
18,565
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
16,245
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
18,172
1
1
55.0
2019 Q4
18,214
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
18,559
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
19,294
4
3
207.3
2019 Q1
16,440
1
0
60.8
2018 Q4
15,746
7
6
444.6
2018 Q3
17,001
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
18,478
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
28,259
2
1
70.8
2017 Q4
23,148
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
21,157
1
0
47.3
2017 Q2
16,430
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
22,540
1
1
44.4
2016 Q4
19,334
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
19,413
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
16,558
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
13,721
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
13,804
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
15,453
2
0
129.4
2015 Q2
15,682
2
0
127.5
2015 Q1
14,550
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
12,500
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
12,142
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
13,633
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
12,318
1
0
81.2
2013 Q4
12,806
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
13,014
1
1
76.8
2013 Q2
11,867
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
11,166
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
9,083
2
0
220.2
2012 Q3
9,334
2
1
214.3
2012 Q2
9,799
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
9,642
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
10,061
1
0
99.4
2011 Q3
10,482
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
10,136
1
0
98.7
2011 Q1
10,445
2
2
191.5
2010 Q4
10,183
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
10,942
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
11,215
4
1
356.7
2010 Q1
10,060
2
0
198.8
2009 Q4
9,487
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
10,609
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
9,902
1
0
101.0
2009 Q1
9,947
4
1
402.1
2008 Q4
13,055
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
12,856
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
12,990
5
0
384.9
2008 Q1
13,754
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
15,999
11
0
687.5
2007 Q3
17,230
7
4
406.3
2007 Q2
16,728
2
1
119.6
2007 Q1
16,379
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
15,723
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
17,002
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
15,002
9
1
599.9
2006 Q1
11,657
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
15,030
8
1
532.3
2005 Q3
15,388
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
11,506
5
0
434.6
2005 Q1
12,300
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
13,861
15
0
1082.2
2004 Q3
12,951
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
9,000
18
4
2000.0
2004 Q1
23,225
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
28,580
19
8
664.8
2003 Q3
23,952
6
6
250.5
2003 Q2
36,954
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
22,074
17
11
770.1
2002 Q4
19,559
3
1
153.4
2002 Q3
16,469
8
3
485.8
2002 Q2
7,782
14
8
1799.0
2002 Q1
8,111
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
10,386
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,299
4
1
1212.5
2001 Q2
6,951
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,367
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,490
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,147
28
14
3917.7
2000 Q2
6,502
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
8,238
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
19 on file
2026 · 1 incident
June 11, 2026CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Miner was working in a conveyor head box and had set a 1-ton Lever hoist on the head pulley above EE. When EE bent over, EE's hardhat fell off and the lever hoist slid off the head pulley and struck EE in the head.
2024 · 1 incident
August 12, 2024CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Robertson's · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Drug impaired trespasser entered mine and was throwing rocks at haul trucks from pit slope. Authorities were called, & when PD tried to coax them up out of pit, they chose to head down & tumbled approx 100' down slope wall to pit floor. They then got up and ran before collapsing. FD transported them offsite. Awaiting PD report.
March 25, 2022CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miner was operating haul truck and while being loaded a large boulder struck the inside of the bed jerking the haul truck and operator cab side to side. As a result, the miner in the haul truck cab reports headache, neck and back pain.
January 3, 2020CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miner attempted to access the side of the jaw crusher when EE slipped and fell injuring EE's left ankle. Fall protection was in use at the time and the injury resulted in a broken ankle and torn ligament.
2019 · 1 incident
February 1, 2019CA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Robertson's · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
Miner was shoveling material and strained abdomen.
2018 · 3 incidents
October 25, 2018CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Miner was cutting a conveyor belt with a utility knife when the knife slipped cutting hand.
September 17, 2018CA · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miner was removing belting from a conveyors return side. When miner went to exit conveyor frame they slipped stepping down and hit right ear, forearm and thigh on conveyor frame. Contusion to head with Avulsion of right ear, contusion with abrasion to right forearm and right thigh.
July 2, 2018CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Robertson's · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Two miners were moving a bearing when one miner's fingers caught between the bearing and the stairs, causing crushing injuries to right middle and ring fingers and fracturing right middle finger.
2017 · 1 incident
May 15, 2017CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miner was inspecting the train before loading. Miner was dismounting off of a piece of equipment when an article of clothing got caught causing the miner to fall. Miner received a cut to elbow and a bruised hip.
2016 · 2 incidents
November 7, 2016CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Injured was helping on a project to fix an electrical problem and needed the man lift to reach. The area he drove equipment down was loose dirt and rather steep. He turned it too tight and lost traction thus sliding and making an abrupt stop on a dirt bank up against the gravity take up guard, throwing him around inside the basket.
1999 · 1 incident
February 20, 1999CA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerOTHER
EMPLOYEE HAD SUSTAINED AN INJURY IN FEB. 1999. EMPLOYEE ADMITTED NOT FILING THIS CLAIM PREVIOUSLY DUE TO HIM BEING UNAWARE THAT HE HAD A BACK INJURY UNTIL RECENT X-RAYS REVEALED IT. IT IS UNKN OWN HOW THE INJURY OCCURRED. W/COMP IS DELAYING AND INVESTIGATING CLAIM. DOCTORS WILL MAKE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT INJURY IS INDUSTRIAL/NON-INDUSTRIAL BEFORE DECISION IS RENDERED.
1994 · 2 incidents
December 22, 1994CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ELECTRIC BURNS ON HANDS AND FEET. POSSIBLE CONCUSSION, POSSIBLE LOSS OF TOES, PROBABLE IMPAIRMENT OF LEFT HAND. OCCURRED IN OFFSITE STORAGE AREA. LITTLE TOE AMPUTATED, LEFT HAND IMPAIRMENT, OT HER INJURIES. OSHA RESPONSIBILITY.