Mining Incidents

Handley Ranch Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Gonzales, Monterey County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405629

Handley Ranch Quarry has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Handley Ranch Quarry.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
49
citations
8
significant & substantial
$10,396
proposed penalties
$10,396
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
52
inspections on record
695
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: 695 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Handley Ranch Quarry has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 4,196 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,800 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,405 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,443 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,443 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,056 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,814 4 0 830.9
2024 Q1 3,202 0 0 0.0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,864 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,510 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,424 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,180 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,868 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,756 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,597 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,323 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,992 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,293 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,068 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,206 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,159 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,316 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,265 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,826 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,170 1 0 315.5
2019 Q3 3,116 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,000 1 0 333.3
2019 Q1 3,363 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,340 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,297 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,786 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,468 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,137 1 0 318.8
2017 Q3 3,325 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,076 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,592 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,934 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,896 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,668 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,633 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,727 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,789 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,742 1 0 364.7
2015 Q1 2,493 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,381 1 0 420.0
2014 Q3 2,733 3 0 1097.7
2014 Q2 2,750 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,398 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,039 2 0 658.1
2013 Q3 3,100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,567 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,423 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,602 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,659 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,844 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,138 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,322 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,665 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,608 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,694 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,670 2 0 1197.6
2010 Q3 2,751 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,371 5 1 2108.8
2010 Q1 2,227 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,013 10 2 3319.0
2009 Q3 4,570 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,773 3 3 519.7
2009 Q1 1,591 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,157 3 0 1390.8
2008 Q3 2,499 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,138 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,830 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,792 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,380 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,581 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,882 1 0 347.0
2006 Q4 2,352 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,546 10 2 3927.7
2006 Q2 1,429 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 76 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 555 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 622 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,593 1 0 627.7
2005 Q1 340 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

August 10, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was removing a rock from the Grizzly Feeder and strained his left elbow.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Handley Ranch Quarry

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.