Employee was using pry bar to aid in cleaning guard and pinched pinky finger on right hand - resulted in laceration that required stitches.
Cedar Hills Site Metal/Non-Metal
Cedar Hills Site has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $37K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2005–2015
- Latest incident
- May 2015
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Cedar Hills Site has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $37K outstanding across 5 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 7,854 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 9,917 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 9,854 | 6 | 0 | 608.9 |
| 2025 Q1 | 9,195 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 8,223 | 7 | 3 | 851.3 |
| 2024 Q3 | 7,565 | 1 | 0 | 132.2 |
| 2024 Q2 | 8,817 | 3 | 0 | 340.3 |
| 2024 Q1 | 9,283 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 9,982 | 2 | 1 | 200.4 |
| 2023 Q3 | 12,067 | 1 | 1 | 82.9 |
| 2023 Q2 | 9,257 | 3 | 0 | 324.1 |
| 2023 Q1 | 7,069 | 1 | 0 | 141.5 |
| 2022 Q4 | 7,778 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 8,822 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 8,071 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 6,976 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 5,585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 5,933 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 5,244 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 5,186 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 4,702 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 4,729 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 5,659 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 5,386 | 1 | 0 | 185.7 |
| 2019 Q4 | 5,176 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 5,987 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 7,965 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 8,531 | 1 | 1 | 117.2 |
| 2018 Q4 | 7,618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 8,002 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 6,755 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 6,063 | 1 | 1 | 164.9 |
| 2017 Q4 | 4,876 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 5,133 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 5,150 | 3 | 0 | 582.5 |
| 2017 Q1 | 3,230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 4,635 | 3 | 0 | 647.2 |
| 2016 Q3 | 5,487 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 5,572 | 4 | 0 | 717.9 |
| 2016 Q1 | 5,685 | 2 | 0 | 351.8 |
| 2015 Q4 | 5,280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 6,336 | 5 | 1 | 789.1 |
| 2015 Q2 | 6,800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 5,310 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 5,367 | 7 | 2 | 1304.3 |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 4,982 | 8 | 1 | 1605.8 |
| 2014 Q1 | 4,876 | 1 | 0 | 205.1 |
| 2013 Q4 | 4,423 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 3,541 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 3,710 | 2 | 1 | 539.1 |
| 2013 Q1 | 2,513 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 3,191 | 2 | 0 | 626.8 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,250 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,939 | 6 | 3 | 2041.5 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,589 | 7 | 2 | 4405.3 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,319 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,911 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 3,537 | 2 | 1 | 565.5 |
| 2011 Q1 | 3,162 | 8 | 1 | 2530.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 3,509 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,925 | 3 | 2 | 1025.6 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,835 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 2,434 | 2 | 2 | 821.7 |
| 2009 Q4 | 3,915 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 4,193 | 8 | 1 | 1907.9 |
| 2009 Q2 | 2,455 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 2,118 | 12 | 1 | 5665.7 |
| 2008 Q4 | 4,053 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 4,962 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 4,150 | 2 | 0 | 481.9 |
| 2008 Q1 | 4,976 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 5,868 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 7,152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 9,610 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 8,949 | 1 | 0 | 111.7 |
| 2006 Q4 | 10,881 | 1 | 0 | 91.9 |
| 2006 Q3 | 9,876 | 8 | 0 | 810.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 8,246 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 8,406 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 9,411 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 7,913 | 1 | 0 | 126.4 |
| 2005 Q2 | 7,691 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 4,561 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 4,235 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 2,639 | 4 | 0 | 1515.7 |
| 2004 Q2 | 3,682 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 2,742 | 2 | 0 | 729.4 |
| 2003 Q4 | 1,752 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,762 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,586 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 1,736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 2,281 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,846 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,129 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 1,283 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 743 | 6 | 0 | 8075.4 |
| 2001 Q3 | 2,675 | 8 | 1 | 2990.7 |
| 2001 Q2 | 2,298 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 2,201 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 1,306 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 639 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 480 | 6 | 3 | 12500.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
7 on file2015 · 1 incident
2011 · 1 incident
The miners little finger was pinched by a rock at the discharge end of feeder. Skin was broken on #4 & #5 didigt of left hand. Miner was treated with first aid on site then taken to medical center. Took x-rays - no broken bones, received stitches, redness hand and released with a return to work status. Miner resumed work duties next days.
2007 · 2 incidents
Conditions unknown. Worker passed out and went into convulsions.
Employee was checking around the crushing plant, when he got some dust and dirt in his right eye. The next morning it was swollen shut and extremely painful. He went to work and his supervisor told him to rinse with saline solution and to stay inside. His supervisor also put a patch over it.
2006 · 1 incident
Worker was using a 1" air powered impact gun while changing cutting edges on a CAT 966 loader bucket. Worker placed his left palm on bolt head and engaged the impact gun, the bolt spun and cut palm of left hand.
2005 · 2 incidents
Worker was using hand grinder to shape piece of metal. After 15 or 20 minutes of grinding a small piece entered worker's right eye causing irritation. The piece was secured to work bench. The worker is experienced at using such equipment and was wearing proper eye protection.
Employee claims he re-injured his back from another injury at another one of our locations in the past. This injury was never reported at the time. We can find no evidence to support employee's claim that he sustained a work-related injury. We have statements from other employees and supervisors stating that at no time did they see or hear employee say he strained his back.
The full compliance file on Cedar Hills Site
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.