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Holliday Rock-Little Rock Plant: 177 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Penny J Holliday
Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0404930

Holliday Rock-Little Rock Plant has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1990–2024
Latest incident
Sep 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
177
citations
45
significant & substantial
$53,490
proposed penalties
$50,225
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,265 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Holliday Rock Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
68
inspections on record
1,163
inspection hours
15.2
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.
177 citations across 1,163 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2023-08-15.
On record since 2023.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Holliday Rock-Little Rock Plant has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$50K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
173 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $540 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-17.
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.
25.7%
significant & substantial
13.1%
high negligence or reckless
25.7%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.9% low, 72.0% moderate, 13.1% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
80%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $540 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 2011-08-30.
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 2011-1432M Settlement Miller 2012 $3K → $540
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: 2023-08-15, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz13
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Belt Crew
2020-12-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Cleanup Man
2019-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.7 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.12 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.55 0.08 Truck Driver
2005-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.45 0.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 1.74 0.30 Truck Driver
2004-06-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Truck Driver
2004-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 1.22 0.52 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 2 0.12 Truck Driver
2003-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.35 0.20 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2003-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.62 0.16 Cleanup Man
2002-11-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-11-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.99 0.13 Mechanic
2001-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.43 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.51 0.35 Cleanup Man
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.

Holliday Rock-Little Rock Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.42 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 3.54 0.00 0.000
2023 * 4.87 4.87 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 4.56 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. State Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1988 to 1996
  2. Holliday Rock Company Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 30
2025 25
2024 24
2023 20
2022 20
2021 22
2020 22
2019 22
2018 19
2017 15
2016 15
2015 15
2014 15
2013 14
2012 14
2011 13
2010 11
2009 17
2008 17
2007 19
2006 18
2005 11
2004 8
2003 9
2002 8
2001 6
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Holliday Rock-Little Rock Plant sits in Los Angeles 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.
Los Angeles County, California · Population 9,848,406
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$87,760
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
2026 Q2 13,300 1 0 75.2
2026 Q1 14,723 1 0 67.9
2025 Q4 10,830 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 15,068 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 15,054 1 1 66.4
2025 Q1 14,969 1 0 66.8
2024 Q4 13,500 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 16,354 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 15,182 2 0 131.7
2024 Q1 11,445 1 0 87.4
2023 Q4 11,051 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,602 4 3 377.3
2023 Q2 10,303 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9,086 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,804 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,886 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,608 2 0 188.5
2022 Q1 10,367 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 10,369 4 2 385.8
2021 Q3 11,861 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 12,351 2 1 161.9
2021 Q1 10,710 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 10,872 2 1 184.0
2020 Q3 10,529 4 0 379.9
2020 Q2 10,880 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 12,742 2 1 157.0
2019 Q4 11,802 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 11,773 2 0 169.9
2019 Q2 12,476 1 1 80.2
2019 Q1 11,517 7 2 607.8
2018 Q4 11,783 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 12,717 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 10,335 2 0 193.5
2018 Q1 9,011 1 0 111.0
2017 Q4 8,891 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 9,719 1 1 102.9
2017 Q2 8,661 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 8,358 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,461 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,201 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,788 1 0 128.4
2016 Q1 7,666 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,910 1 0 112.2
2015 Q3 8,320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8,019 3 0 374.1
2015 Q1 7,067 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,206 1 1 138.8
2014 Q3 7,437 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 9,970 2 0 200.6
2014 Q1 8,106 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 9,727 1 1 102.8
2013 Q3 7,726 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,037 1 0 142.1
2013 Q1 6,458 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,836 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 8,329 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,782 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,632 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 9,173 3 0 327.0
2011 Q3 8,449 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,141 3 1 583.5
2011 Q1 3,523 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,367 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,384 4 1 742.9
2010 Q2 5,444 7 3 1285.8
2010 Q1 4,825 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,509 3 1 460.9
2009 Q3 9,114 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 9,378 3 1 319.9
2009 Q1 8,859 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,990 6 4 750.9
2008 Q3 9,171 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,784 1 0 113.8
2008 Q1 6,972 8 4 1147.4
2007 Q4 9,674 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,538 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 12,248 3 0 244.9
2007 Q1 11,552 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 11,947 3 0 251.1
2006 Q3 20,059 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,950 2 0 201.0
2006 Q1 9,042 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,099 10 0 1099.0
2005 Q3 5,950 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,636 6 1 1064.6
2005 Q1 4,361 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,912 14 3 2368.1
2004 Q3 3,566 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,451 13 6 5304.0
2004 Q1 4,021 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,685 9 1 2442.3
2003 Q3 3,941 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,188 3 0 578.3
2003 Q1 4,697 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,707 5 0 1348.8
2002 Q3 3,426 3 2 875.7
2002 Q2 3,638 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,573 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,386 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,572 9 2 3499.2
2001 Q2 1,827 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,319 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,123 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,881 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,908 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,908 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2024 · 2 incidents

September 3, 2024 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Holliday Rock Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

After performing the annual hearing exams, the employee was designated as having threshold shift that required MSHA notification.

August 9, 2024 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holliday Rock Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Third party aggregate hauler was exiting vehicle after being weighed, when the hauler slipped on the step of the hauler's truck injuring right knee. The individual's employer transported the hauler to the hospital where the hauler received surgery on knee.

2023 · 1 incident

April 13, 2023 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Holliday Rock Company Inc · Struck by flying object

Wind blew foreign matter into employee's left eye.

2018 · 1 incident

October 9, 2018 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Holliday Rock Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded

Miner claims that after months of resting elbow on front end loaders arm rest it has caused a pain in left elbow. Claims the arm rest is too hard.

2016 · 2 incidents

June 3, 2016 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holliday Rock Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

While removing cutting edges off of Loader WL-65, cut left middle finger on sharp bolt. Received stitches from doctor.

February 23, 2016 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holliday Rock Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Walking toward rock plant control tower with lunch box and water bottle in hand. Tripped on concrete slab and fell to EE's knees.

2015 · 1 incident

October 6, 2015 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Holliday Rock Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

At annual audiometric testing, recordable shift (STS) confirmed 10/06/2015, left ear.

2014 · 1 incident

October 16, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Holliday Rock Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

Mechanic was dismounting wheel loader, as he stepped down, he stepped on a rock. This caused his right ankle to twist causing the injury.

2011 · 1 incident

January 19, 2011 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holliday Rock Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was setting down the screen that he was carrying. In doing this he twisted his back and felt a sharp pain. He did not trip or fall.

2009 · 1 incident

February 6, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holliday Rock Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Injured back while shoveling, reported injury on 2/10/09. Doctor diagnosis: Lower back strain.

2007 · 2 incidents

August 9, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Holliday Rock Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Moving a come along on the cone crusher. A small piece of metal stuck up and caught his right thumb.

July 18, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Holliday Rock Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Moving equipment, disturbed bee hive. Bee stung him.

2006 · 1 incident

November 22, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holliday Rock Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

Pulling rocks from cone crusher, a piece of metal went into his thumb. Employee was not wearing gloves. *Returned to work on 11/27/06. Off for Thanksgiving 11/23/06 thru 11/26/06. Off on 12/1/06, still off.

1995 · 1 incident

April 13, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

HE WAS STADNING ON CATWALK HE PICK UP A SCREEN THE WIND WAS BREWING AND CAUGHT THE SCREEN BLEW HIM BACKWARDS AGAINST GUARDRAIL AND GUARDRAIL BROKE AND HE FELL TO GROUND LANDED ON HIS FEET.

1991 · 2 incidents

October 14, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL & A LITTLE PIECE FLEW IN RT EYE

September 10, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WELDING PLATE UNDER SCRAPER WHEN CLAP SLIP PLATE THEN HIT HIS HEAD.

1990 · 5 incidents

June 27, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPLACING PIN ON LOADER BUCKET ARM WHEN BUCKET ARM SLIPPED AND PINCHED THUMB AND FINGER.WENT TO DR ON 6-27.WASNT ALLOWED BACK TO WORK UNTIL 7-2.

June 7, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING SCRAPER HIT BUMP IN ROAD JERK HIS BACK WENT TO DR -LIGHT DUTY.WE OFFER LIGHT DUTY UNTIL 6-12-90 CAME BACK TO WORK.

May 1, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

..SLIPPED ON SLURRY PUMP PIPE.SENT TO DR ON 5-7 TOLD TO RETURN TO WORK ON 5-14.DIDNT RETURN TO WORK.

April 9, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE I WAS WELDING THE WIND BLEW A PIECE OF SAND OR METAL IN MY RIGHT EYE.