Mining Incidents

Curtner Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Milpitas, Santa Clara County, CA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0405337

Curtner Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1997–2002
Latest incident
Nov 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
35
citations
11
significant & substantial
$4,168
proposed penalties
$3,557
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $611 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
341
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: 341 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Curtner Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-31.
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 1,288 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,160 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,990 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 313 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,170 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,778 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,951 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,130 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,587 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,329 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,032 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,683 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,586 1 0 218.1
2022 Q2 6,807 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 199 3 1 15075.4
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 2 2
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 1,703 3 0 1761.6
2007 Q1 1,260 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,672 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,726 2 0 1158.7
2006 Q2 2,343 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 103 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,338 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,707 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,314 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 11,306 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 11,035 1 0 90.6
2003 Q1 10,492 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 13,106 5 1 381.5
2002 Q3 16,354 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 15,973 4 1 250.4
2002 Q1 10,850 8 4 737.3
2001 Q4 10,350 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 16,010 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 14,542 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 13,372 1 1 74.8
2000 Q4 14,498 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 14,676 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 16,820 5 1 297.3
2000 Q1 12,985 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 1 incident

2000 · 1 incident

July 7, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oliver De Silva Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STRIKE A FILTER HOUSING WITH A HAMMER, THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF OF A HOSE DIRECTING THE HAMMER TO STRIKE HIS LEFT THUMB.

1997 · 1 incident

September 10, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oliver De Silva Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO DISLODGE A ROCK STUCK BETWEEN STEEL SPREADER BAR ON FEED HOPPER AND GRIZZLEY. BAR SLIPPED AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BAR AND FEED HOPPER WALL.

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