Mining Incidents

Fort Cady Quarry: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

CalMat Co · Surface
Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Newberry Springs, San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405626

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Mar 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
22
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,040
proposed penalties
$3,040
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
9
inspections on record
101
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: 101 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fort Cady Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-02-10.
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.
31.8%
significant & substantial
18.2%
high negligence or reckless
31.8%
reasonably likely or greater
54.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 77.3% moderate, 18.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2005-04-07, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-04-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1 0.12 Belt Crew
2005-04-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 Belt Crew
2005-04-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 1.04 0.53 Belt Crew
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. Kiewit Pacific Co. 2004 to 2012
  2. Security Paving Company, Inc. 2012 to 2015
  3. CalMat Co 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 5
2013 6
2012 7
2006 10
2005 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fort Cady Quarry sits in San Bernardino 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.
San Bernardino County, California · Population 2,187,816
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,184
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
2014 Q3 2,730 1 1 366.3
2013 Q3 936 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,122 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,180 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,156 16 6 3849.9
2012 Q3 1,296 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,400 1 0 416.7
2005 Q4 4,255 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 6,465 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,833 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,354 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

March 19, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiewit Pacific Co. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Maintenance person removed gloves while attempting to fasten screen above a belt guard. This person caught his hand in the expanded metal screen, cutting the index finger which required 5 stitches. EE released to regular work duty by attending physician (no restriction).

March 18, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kiewit Pacific Co. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was tightening nut w/socket wrench on expanded metal tail pulley guard. EE removed his glove to perform the task & cut his index finger on the edge of the expanded metal.