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Curtis Hanford Sand & Gravel: 32 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Curtis Hanford Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Curtis Hanford
Elk Grove, Sacramento County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405612

Curtis Hanford Sand & Gravel has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
32
citations
8
significant & substantial
$8,618
proposed penalties
$7,978
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $640 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
8
inspections on record
85
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: 85 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Curtis Hanford Sand & Gravel has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-10-24.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
40.6%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
37.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.2% low, 53.1% moderate, 40.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 28% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 100%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
10%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $6K 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 2008-03-17.
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 2008-692M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $6K → $6K
WEST 2008-693M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $360 → $360
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Curtis Hanford Sand & Gravel 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 0
2009 1
2008 2
2007 1
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Curtis Hanford Sand & Gravel sits in Sacramento County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Sacramento County, California · Population 1,584,047
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$88,724
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
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 610 7 1 11475.4
2008 Q2 1,022 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 750 1 0 1333.3
2006 Q3 1,100 2 0 1818.2
2006 Q2 425 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,680 13 4 7738.1
2004 Q2 1,268 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.