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Fab-Tech 18: 97 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mike J LaPaglia
Temecula, Riverside County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405518

Fab-Tech 18 has $54K 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
2
Years on record
2012–2015
Latest incident
May 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
97
citations
37
significant & substantial
$53,893
proposed penalties
$48,752
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,141 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See North County Sand & Gravel Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
37
inspections on record
525
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: 525 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fab-Tech 18 has $54K 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.
$54K
proposed penalties
$49K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
97 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $30K in penalties contested before the Commission, $19K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-11-29.
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.
38.1%
significant & substantial
35.1%
high negligence or reckless
38.1%
reasonably likely or greater
56.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.1% low, 60.8% moderate, 35.1% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 80%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 10%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 10%
80%
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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
37%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$30K proposed, $19K 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 2015-10-27.
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 2013-975M Settlement Manning 2014 $24K → $16K
WEST 2013-594M Settlement Bulluck 2014 $5K → $2K
WEST 2016-0085 Default Lesnick 2016 $2K → $2K
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: 2014-04-09, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 Bulldozer Operator
2003-08-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.74 0.34 Bulldozer Operator
2002-04-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 Front-end Loader 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. North County Sand & Gravel Inc 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 1
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 2
2009 1
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 5
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fab-Tech 18 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
2016 Q3 489 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,160 3 1 2586.2
2015 Q3 850 3 1 3529.4
2015 Q2 896 9 3 10044.6
2015 Q1 1,157 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,590 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,559 6 4 3848.6
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 1,559 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,938 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,995 3 1 1503.8
2013 Q2 2,214 7 6 3161.7
2013 Q1 1,719 4 2 2326.9
2012 Q4 503 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 409 14 5 34229.8
2012 Q2 1,874 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,028 3 1 2918.3
2011 Q4 1,504 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,230 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,280 7 6 5468.8
2011 Q1 1,095 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,302 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 610 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 864 1 0 1157.4
2010 Q1 480 1 0 2083.3
2009 Q4 467 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 60 3 0 50000.0
2009 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 932 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,088 3 1 2757.4
2007 Q3 1,076 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,095 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,141 3 0 2629.3
2006 Q4 905 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,481 5 2 3376.1
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 3,067 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,385 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,789 4 0 1055.7
2005 Q2 1,617 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,415 3 0 2120.1
2004 Q4 1,980 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,625 3 1 1846.2
2004 Q1 1,471 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,320 1 1 757.6
2003 Q3 1,212 3 1 2475.2
2003 Q2 1,366 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 856 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 960 2 0 2083.3
2002 Q2 960 3 1 3125.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 1 incident

May 27, 2015 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
North County Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

There was two other miners on-site and neither of them saw what happened. They found ee lying down next to the water truck and the rock crusher water tank. He was bleeding from the back of his head.

2012 · 1 incident

July 3, 2012 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North County Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Conditions of the mine site had not changed since the last MSHA inspection. Conditions were normal. The severity of the operators injury consists of a severe laceration to the tip of his left index finger. Stitches were required.