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Fawndale Rock & Asphalt: 70 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Peter Shea Jr
Redding, Shasta County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405290

Fawndale Rock & Asphalt has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $813 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1998–2020
Latest incident
Nov 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
14
significant & substantial
$13,246
proposed penalties
$11,433
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,813 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Fawndale Rock & Asphalt's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
67
inspections on record
937
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: 937 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fawndale Rock & Asphalt has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $813 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$813
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-01.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
1.4%
high negligence or reckless
21.4%
reasonably likely or greater
42.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.4% none, 14.3% low, 82.9% moderate, 1.4% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 67%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
69%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$327 proposed, $100 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 2010-11-12.
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
WEST20010053M Settlement Manning 2001 $5K → $4K
WEST 2011-208M Withdrawal Manning 2011 $327 → $100
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: 2024-11-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz12
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-11-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.89 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.13 1.41 0.80 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.13 0.34 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.41 1.55 0.91 Mechanic
2016-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 1.44 0.22 Bobcat Operator
2013-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.35 0.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.21 0.24 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.07 0.19 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.16 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.83 1.02 0.81 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.19 0.13 Mechanic
2003-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Fawndale Rock & Asphalt recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.48 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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 14.78 7.39 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.
Ownership history
  1. Fawndale Rock & Asphalt 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 8
2024 12
2023 9
2022 7
2021 7
2020 7
2019 10
2018 8
2017 7
2016 8
2015 7
2014 10
2013 7
2012 6
2011 5
2010 7
2009 7
2008 6
2007 7
2006 9
2005 6
2004 7
2003 7
2002 4
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fawndale Rock & Asphalt sits in Shasta 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.
Shasta County, California · Population 181,554
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,931
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 3,350 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,337 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,546 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,770 1 0 209.6
2025 Q1 4,355 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,442 2 0 310.5
2024 Q3 9,947 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 10,187 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 5,774 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,428 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,371 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,213 2 0 321.9
2023 Q1 3,940 1 0 253.8
2022 Q4 5,192 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,656 3 0 530.4
2022 Q2 4,815 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,662 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,556 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,332 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,566 1 0 219.0
2021 Q1 3,008 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,103 1 0 243.7
2020 Q3 4,980 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,413 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,383 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,728 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,459 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 10,056 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,860 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 7,307 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8,732 1 1 114.5
2018 Q2 7,292 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,519 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,255 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,602 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,941 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,936 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,128 1 0 195.0
2016 Q3 7,753 1 0 129.0
2016 Q2 6,498 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,203 1 0 312.2
2015 Q4 6,332 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,094 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,238 1 0 236.0
2015 Q1 2,266 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,838 2 0 342.6
2014 Q3 12,257 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,752 1 0 148.1
2014 Q1 2,214 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,385 2 0 838.6
2013 Q3 2,870 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,723 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,164 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,797 3 1 790.1
2012 Q3 2,214 2 0 903.3
2012 Q2 4,326 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,214 1 0 451.7
2011 Q4 2,214 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,370 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,389 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,291 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,214 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,019 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,223 5 1 1184.0
2010 Q1 2,469 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,042 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,889 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,702 2 0 540.2
2009 Q1 624 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,848 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,028 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,048 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 687 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,216 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,882 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,366 4 0 916.2
2007 Q1 676 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,040 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,087 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,698 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,446 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,301 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,189 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,077 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 580 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,438 1 1 410.2
2004 Q3 4,364 3 1 687.4
2004 Q2 3,349 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,720 3 1 1102.9
2003 Q4 3,113 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,142 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,269 2 1 611.8
2003 Q1 1,966 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,045 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,752 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,530 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,807 1 0 553.4
2001 Q3 4,091 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,401 2 0 588.1
2001 Q1 1,460 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,595 7 4 2697.5
2000 Q3 1,479 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,128 6 1 1918.2
2000 Q1 2,270 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2020 · 1 incident

November 24, 2020 CA · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was moving tree branches/limbs with excavator and tree limb rolled out of bucket and entered cab. When tree limb entered cab, it broke employee's right leg.

2014 · 2 incidents

September 9, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck against stationary object

Climbing up a ladder to access the control shed. After stepping off of the ladder, he turned & hit his left elbow on a safety chain ring. He then felt faint, cat down & passed out 1 - 5 minutes. Reported incident 6 hours later to foreman. Went to Redding Occupational Medical Clinic. Returned to work that night. No lost time.

August 26, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee reached around an employee that was using a 4 1/2" grinder and grabbed the metal he was cutting. Pinched the grinding wheel and it jumped and cut his left forearm. Note: Employee was also dehydrated which led to the hospital stay.

2012 · 1 incident

2010 · 1 incident

January 18, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was grinding and welding on 1/18/10. Does not know specifically when metal got into his eye. Went home and noticed eye irritation and went to Eye Doctor after-hours. Notified Employer of injury on 1/19/10.

2008 · 1 incident

July 16, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was carrying bags of ANFO to drill holes on a quarry bench. He indicated the next morning that his lower back was sore but that the condition may be due to a previous injury with another employer.

2007 · 2 incidents

October 26, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employees was walking near screen plant bag house and slipped in mud

July 27, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was operating an excavator with equipped with a hammer when he observed a hydraulic line tangled around the "thumb". He stepped on the side of the hammer to reach the line and slipped causing an ankle sprain.

2006 · 2 incidents

August 8, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Fall onto or against objects

Worker was walking backwards and tripped into a crusher mantle liner lying upside down on the ground and sustained injury to his ribs, upper back and neck.

June 24, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was removing cutting edges from a CAT 988B loader and lacerated left middle finger on sharp edge on a bolt.

2004 · 1 incident

March 17, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER

2000 · 4 incidents

September 22, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A LARGE ROCK LODGED IN FEED HOPPER. MATERIAL ABOVE CAME LOOSE AND A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK GOT INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE.

June 19, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GUARD TO REPLACE BEARING ON HEAD PULLEY. WHILE LIFTING OPEN TOP PORTION OF GUARD, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND SLIPPED & BOTTOMOF GUARD CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN GUARD AND FRAME MEMBER.

April 20, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Fall from machine

WORKER CLIMBED UNDER HANDRAIL TO CONNECT A COME-A-LONG TO THE END OF A CONVEYOR BELT THAT WAS B EING INSTALLED. AS HE WAS SITTING ON THE CONVEYOR FRAME HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROU ND.

February 8, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS HOLDING A LARGE WRENCH ON A NUT WHILE ANOTHER WORKER TIGHTENED THE BOLT WITH AN AIR IMPACT GUN. WHEN THE BOLT TIGHTENED ON THE NUT IT CAUSED THE NUT TO TURN AND THE WORKERS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND A STEEL BEAM.

1999 · 1 incident

September 20, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DRESSING V-BELT AND HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND SHEAVE WHEN THE CONVEYORWAS TURNED ON BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. BOTH EMPLOYEES KNEW ABOUT LOCK-OUT PROCEDURES AND HAD THE PRO PER DEVICES TO DO SO CORRECTLY BUT FAILED TO DO SO.

1998 · 2 incidents

October 7, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING TO COLLECT SAMPLES FOR GRADING ANALYSIS. AT SOME POINT HE SAYS HE NOTICED MUSCLE PAIN IN HIS CHEST. HE WENT TO HIS DR AND WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY.

March 31, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck by falling object

WORKER WAS PICKING UP TOOLS AT END OF SHIFT & BUMPED INTO TEMPORARY SUPPORT HOLDING UP ENGINE ACCESS PANEL THAT WAS BEING REPAIRED. ACCESS PANEL FELL & STRUCK WORKER ON TOP OF SCALP CAUSING LA CERATION.