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Freeman Quarry: 60 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405448

Freeman Quarry has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
Apr 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
60
citations
19
significant & substantial
$10,869
proposed penalties
$8,847
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,022 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Granite Construction Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
567
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: 567 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Freeman Quarry has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $667 in penalties contested before the Commission, $207 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-04-25.
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.
31.7%
significant & substantial
15.0%
high negligence or reckless
31.7%
reasonably likely or greater
56.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.0% low, 70.0% moderate, 15.0% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 50%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 50%
50%
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%
69%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$667 proposed, $207 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 2011-02-28.
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 2011-702M Withdrawal Miller 2011 $460 → $0
WEST 2009-458M Default Lesnick 2011 $207 → $207
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: 2010-01-21, 16 years ago
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz91 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.57 1.28 1.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-01-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 1.3 0.43 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-07-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 1.81 0.36 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.41 Bulldozer Operator
2001-12-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 1.29 0.48 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-12-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.99 0.16 Drill Operator, Rotary
2001-12-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 1.29 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 1.41 0.52 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.02 0.20 Drill Operator, Rotary
2001-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.76 0.11 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.

Freeman Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.

Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ 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 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.09 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
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 7.62 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 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. West Coast Aggregates Inc. 2000 to 2002
  2. Granite Construction Company 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 3
2013 2
2012 6
2011 8
2010 8
2009 10
2008 10
2007 10
2006 9
2005 9
2004 9
2003 10
2002 12
2001 11
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Freeman Quarry sits in Santa Clara 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.
Santa Clara County, California · Population 1,903,297
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$159,674
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 Q2 166 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 167 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 345 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 837 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,478 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,624 0 0 0.0
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2 2,359 3 2 1271.7
2012 Q1 2,197 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,038 3 1 742.9
2011 Q3 5,136 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,839 3 0 513.8
2011 Q1 4,185 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,126 2 1 484.7
2010 Q3 5,233 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,274 5 1 1169.9
2010 Q1 3,231 2 0 619.0
2009 Q4 5,502 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,414 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,033 1 0 142.2
2009 Q1 8,211 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,105 4 4 563.0
2008 Q3 7,784 1 0 128.5
2008 Q2 7,257 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,180 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,582 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,037 3 0 426.3
2007 Q2 6,501 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,119 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,755 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,690 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,858 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,102 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,715 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,258 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,485 1 0 182.3
2004 Q4 4,531 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,156 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,629 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,787 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,403 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,703 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,039 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,473 2 1 365.4
2002 Q4 4,386 8 1 1824.0
2002 Q3 5,896 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,152 2 2 279.6
2002 Q1 6,173 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,939 5 3 1012.4
2001 Q3 4,727 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,859 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,731 12 3 3216.3
2000 Q4 2,476 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,000 2 0 1000.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2007 · 1 incident

April 3, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Fall from machine

Operator was dismounting piece of equipment. Operator slipped and fell to the ground injuring her wrist.

2004 · 2 incidents

April 14, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

REPETITIVE MOTION / CUMULATIVE TRAUMA.

March 10, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STRUCK IN THE FINGER WHILE USING A HAMMER RESULTING IN A LACERATED PINKY FINGER REQUIRING.

2001 · 1 incident

October 18, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
West Coast Aggregates Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING FAN VENT CAP FOR A/C IN CAB. HE DID NOT TURN THE FAN OFF AND PUT HIS FINGER UP IN THE FAN AND HAD A LACERATION TO HIS FINGERS.

2000 · 1 incident

December 2, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
West Coast Aggregates Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING BY THE JAW UNDER CONV. & PULLEDA MUSCLE IN HIS R SIDE OF HIS BACK