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Kaweah River Rock: 162 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Teichert Inc
Woodlake, Tulare County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401832

Kaweah River Rock has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1990–2008
Latest incident
Nov 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
162
citations
20
significant & substantial
$20,050
proposed penalties
$19,582
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $468 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Santa Fe Aggregates Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
1,126
inspection hours
14.4
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.
162 citations across 1,126 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kaweah River Rock has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
162 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-09-08.
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.
12.3%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
12.3%
reasonably likely or greater
40.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.6% none, 14.2% low, 83.3% moderate, 1.9% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 100%
100%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 2008-07-02.
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 2008-1239M Settlement Manning 2009 $2K → $1K
WEST 2008-1240M Settlement Bulluck 2010 $108 → $85
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: 2015-03-03, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-03-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.34 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Kaweah River Rock recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.

Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ 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 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.21 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
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 5.13 5.13 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 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. Kaweah River Rock Company Inc 1950 to 2009
  2. Santa Fe Aggregates Inc 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 2
2020 2
2019 8
2018 10
2017 10
2016 10
2015 11
2014 9
2013 9
2012 7
2011 7
2010 6
2009 15
2008 17
2007 20
2006 17
2005 17
2004 16
2003 15
2002 15
2001 15
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kaweah River Rock sits in Tulare County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Tulare County, California · Population 475,774
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,489
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
2021 Q2 227 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 292 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 163 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 493 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,355 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,794 0 0 0.0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 5,408 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,954 2 0 403.7
2018 Q4 4,624 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,121 4 0 781.1
2018 Q2 5,179 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,751 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,695 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,036 1 0 198.6
2017 Q2 4,943 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,769 2 0 530.6
2016 Q4 4,475 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,867 3 1 616.4
2016 Q2 4,854 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,593 2 0 435.4
2015 Q4 4,933 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,362 2 0 373.0
2015 Q2 5,414 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,946 3 0 606.6
2014 Q4 4,465 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,223 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,633 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,333 4 1 923.1
2013 Q4 4,843 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,485 4 0 891.9
2013 Q2 4,359 1 0 229.4
2013 Q1 3,689 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,220 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,220 1 0 191.6
2012 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,327 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,447 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,830 3 0 621.1
2011 Q1 4,233 1 0 236.2
2010 Q4 3,853 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,329 7 3 2102.7
2010 Q2 3,742 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,280 5 2 2193.0
2009 Q4 8,805 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,063 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,534 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,845 2 0 292.2
2008 Q4 8,864 7 1 789.7
2008 Q3 9,060 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,453 5 3 528.9
2008 Q1 9,515 6 1 630.6
2007 Q4 10,723 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 10,485 3 1 286.1
2007 Q2 9,409 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,197 2 0 217.5
2006 Q4 12,413 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,599 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,727 8 0 916.7
2006 Q1 8,991 10 0 1112.2
2005 Q4 10,142 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,848 19 2 1929.3
2005 Q2 10,097 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,910 5 3 561.2
2004 Q4 9,262 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,554 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,483 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 8,672 2 1 230.6
2003 Q4 9,316 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,524 3 0 351.9
2003 Q2 8,433 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,898 7 0 886.3
2002 Q4 7,510 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,449 6 0 710.1
2002 Q2 8,182 4 0 488.9
2002 Q1 7,854 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,192 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,633 5 0 579.2
2001 Q2 8,900 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,786 9 0 1024.4
2000 Q4 9,256 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,684 3 0 309.8
2000 Q2 9,861 1 0 101.4
2000 Q1 9,241 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2008 · 1 incident

November 25, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Chest pain and numbness of left arm - diagnosed heart attack - stents.

2005 · 1 incident

2002 · 3 incidents

October 3, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG GREASE PUMP ON BARREL & IT WORKED, CATCHING HIS RIGHT HAND, 2ND & 3RD FINGERS, SEVERING THEM AT THE FINGERTIPS.

March 30, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAINED HIS KNEE OPERATING LOADER.

February 22, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REPAIRING A SCREEN PULLEY GUARD CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIS ARM.

2001 · 2 incidents

April 24, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS IN THE FEEDER TUNNEL TRYING TO PRY A ROCK AND THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIS HAND HIT THE ROCK.

February 9, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS TORCHING A SCREEN AND RECEIVED A SLAG BURN IN RIGHT EAR.

1999 · 2 incidents

June 17, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PRYING ROCK OUT OF FEEDER WHEN IUNJURED LEFT BACK.

1998 · 1 incident

May 13, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON TOP OF WASH PLANT AND DEVELOPED STROKE SYMPTONS. ILLNESS NOT WORK RELATED-NO INJURY PRECUATIONARY REPORT

1997 · 1 incident

February 4, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

NUMBNESS IN HANDS AND ARMS. NOT FULLY DIAGNOSED.POSSIBLE WORK RELATED. DOCTOR PRESCRIBED TEMPORARY DISABILITY.

1996 · 2 incidents

June 21, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

SLIPPED AND TRIPPED AND KNOCKED HIS SHIN RESULTING IN A DEEP BRUISE AND ABRASION ON RIGHT SHIN AND ANKLE.

February 6, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING & SWUNG TO HIS LEFT TO EMPTY SHOVEL & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK.

1993 · 1 incident

August 24, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF OF SHAKER SCREEN AND SLIPPED OFF OF GEAR BOX AND HURT HIS ANKLE.

1992 · 1 incident

May 27, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kaweah River Rock Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HAD HIS HAND IN FRONT OF THE BLASTER WHEN WORKING ON IT AND IT DISCHARGED BLEW HIS HAND BACK AND IT HIT HIS TOOL BOX.

1990 · 1 incident