High Country Aggregates: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
High Country Aggregates has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $716 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
37
citations
10
significant & substantial
$15,176
proposed penalties
$14,460
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $716 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
12
inspections on record
101
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.
High Country Aggregates has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $716 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$716
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-01-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.28.6%
significant & substantial
5.7%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
54.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 94.3% moderate, 5.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2009-10-06, 16 years ago
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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.0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
- Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (4)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10-06 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Laborer, Bullgang | ||
| 2009-10-06 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.2 | 1.08 | 0.19 | Scale Man |
| 2009-10-06 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.25 | 1.22 | 0.20 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2009-10-06 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Mechanic |
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
- High Country Partners LLC 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
High Country Aggregates sits in Amador County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Amador County, California · Population 41,029
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$81,526
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Q2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 310 | 2 | 0 | 6451.6 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,540 | 5 | 1 | 3246.8 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,880 | 7 | 4 | 3723.4 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,880 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q2 | 1,440 | 1 | 0 | 694.4 |
| 2009 Q1 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,280 | 20 | 5 | 15625.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 985 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.