Hi Desert Rustic Stone has $36K 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
4
Years on record
2004–2014
Latest incident
Feb 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
107
citations
39
significant & substantial
$35,961
proposed penalties
$35,961
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 705 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hi Desert Rustic Stone has $36K 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
100 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-09.
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.
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: 2013-02-06, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2013-02-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.05
0.13
Bulldozer Operator
2013-02-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.71
0.31
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2013-02-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.57
0.65
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-10-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.96
0.28
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2002-07-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.57
0.35
Forklift 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.
Hi Desert Rustic Stone recorded 6.04 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.
Injury rate, 2013
ⓘ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.
6.04
total case rate
6.04
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.46 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.59 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
2013 *
6.04
6.04
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
5.70
5.70
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2014
16
2013
18
2012
17
2011
21
2010
24
2009
24
2008
32
2007
40
2006
35
2005
41
2004
46
2003
45
2002
42
2001
45
2000
47
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hi Desert Rustic Stone sits in Kern County, California, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Kern County, California · Population 910,433
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,660
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
EE hammered a pin and a sliver of metal hit his right eye. He went home, his wife took him to a clinic. Dr. removed the sliver. He had two follow up appt. with Dr., Dr. made ee an appt. with another Dr. (Cornea specialist) 3/12/2014 in L.A.
EE had discomfort in left shoulder. He went to doctor 3/8/13 to have it looked at. EE informed us that he went to the doctor and had a problem with his shoulder on 4-25-13. He was put on light duty.
2011 · 1 incident
November 21, 2011CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was working in the mechanic area when he received a superficial cut on his right hand. The cut was cleaned and bandaged. Employee said he was fine to continue working. That night his hand began to swell so he went to emergency room where they treated him for infection and gave antibiotics.
2004 · 1 incident
January 30, 2004CA · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manFIRE