Tierra Del Sol, San Diego County,
CA
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901396
Fisher Industries Plant 27 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Feb 1993
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
8
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,146
proposed penalties
$996
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $150 gap.
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: 106 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fisher Industries Plant 27 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$996
current assessed
$996
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $584 in penalties contested before the Commission, $434 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-11-09.
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.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 38% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$584 proposed, $434 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 2015-01-07.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
11
2025
0
2024
0
2023
5
2022
2
2021
0
2020
3
2019
0
2017
2
2016
3
2015
3
2014
3
2013
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fisher Industries Plant 27 sits in San Diego 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.
San Diego County, California · Population 3,282,782
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$102,285
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
6,178
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
0
0
0
2025 Q2
0
0
0
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
0
0
0
2024 Q3
0
0
0
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
3,718
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
4,936
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
1,108
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
0
0
0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
669
1
0
1494.8
2020 Q3
906
1
0
1103.8
2019 Q4
0
0
0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q1
1,271
1
0
786.8
2016 Q4
1,796
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1,361
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,166
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,781
2
0
1123.0
2015 Q4
1,348
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,902
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
992
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,185
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,107
3
2
2710.0
2014 Q3
1,949
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,728
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,049
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
2,721
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
845
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
1993 · 1 incident
February 5, 1993SD · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS