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Le Grand Asphalt: 275 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Le Grand Asphalt · Surface
Controlled by W (Wallace) Jaxon Baker
LEGRAND, Merced County, CA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0405371

Le Grand Asphalt has $129K in proposed MSHA penalties and $90 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1999–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
275
citations
85
significant & substantial
$129,116
proposed penalties
$128,084
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,032 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Le Grand Asphalt's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
51
inspections on record
845
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: 845 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Le Grand Asphalt has $129K in proposed MSHA penalties and $90 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.
$129K
proposed penalties
$128K
current assessed
$128K
paid to date
$90
outstanding
275 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-01.
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.
30.9%
significant & substantial
5.1%
high negligence or reckless
30.9%
reasonably likely or greater
50.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.8% low, 85.1% moderate, 5.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 2003-342-M Settlement Hodgdon 2003 $4K → $3K
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: 2019-07-12, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-07-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 0.81 0.85 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-07-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2016-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 0.87 0.46 Truck Driver
2016-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2014-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.85 0.27 Mechanic
2014-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2009-03-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Mechanic
2009-03-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.65 0.58 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-09-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Truck Driver
2005-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-09-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.46 0.14 Truck Driver
2005-09-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.92 0.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2003-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-04-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.01 2.79 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.76 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Le Grand Asphalt recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.

Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ 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 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.67 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
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 7.90 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 6.07 0.00 0.000
2013 * 4.97 0.00 0.000
2010 * 8.10 8.10 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 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. Le Grand Asphalt 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 6
2024 3
2023 1
2022 8
2021 0
2020 0
2019 11
2018 12
2017 12
2016 6
2015 10
2014 16
2013 18
2012 11
2011 11
2010 15
2009 11
2008 12
2007 17
2006 19
2005 14
2004 13
2003 10
2002 11
2001 8
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Le Grand Asphalt sits in Merced 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.
Merced County, California · Population 285,597
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$65,044
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 550 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,572 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,359 9 1 1223.0
2025 Q1 5,887 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,220 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,752 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 966 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,573 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,269 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,746 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,947 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 1 0
2019 Q4 3,029 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,041 6 1 746.2
2019 Q2 7,169 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,730 4 2 845.7
2018 Q4 6,924 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,375 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,614 4 1 712.5
2018 Q1 5,407 9 5 1664.5
2017 Q4 4,891 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,620 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,120 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,988 8 2 2677.4
2016 Q4 3,859 8 0 2073.1
2016 Q3 4,351 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,568 4 0 2551.0
2016 Q1 289 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,124 5 0 1600.5
2015 Q3 5,917 25 9 4225.1
2015 Q2 6,456 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,968 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,717 10 1 1488.8
2014 Q3 6,287 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 9,271 21 9 2265.1
2014 Q1 10,694 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 12,864 21 8 1632.5
2013 Q3 11,152 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 10,335 10 5 967.6
2013 Q1 5,869 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,303 4 2 929.6
2012 Q3 5,283 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,651 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,851 3 0 1620.7
2011 Q4 2,617 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,183 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,777 8 4 1384.8
2011 Q1 2,835 3 1 1058.2
2010 Q4 5,298 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,641 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,844 6 0 876.7
2010 Q1 4,902 4 3 816.0
2009 Q4 5,822 10 4 1717.6
2009 Q3 6,461 6 3 928.6
2009 Q2 4,021 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,232 5 1 1547.0
2008 Q4 3,065 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,183 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,703 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,794 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,671 7 0 912.5
2007 Q3 10,438 11 2 1053.8
2007 Q2 12,295 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,857 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,162 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 13,921 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 11,529 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,763 3 0 307.3
2005 Q4 8,573 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,675 15 1 1550.4
2005 Q2 7,185 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,709 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,276 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,848 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,955 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,725 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,761 5 1 739.5
2003 Q3 5,481 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,444 11 4 2020.6
2003 Q1 3,721 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,008 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 9,952 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,875 12 4 1523.8
2002 Q1 2,082 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,902 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,931 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,634 7 5 1926.3
2001 Q1 1,474 1 0 678.4
2000 Q4 2,060 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,752 5 4 465.0
2000 Q2 9,731 4 2 411.1
2000 Q1 2,068 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2018 · 1 incident

June 26, 2018 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Le Grand Asphalt · Fall onto or against objects

Employee changing carpets in Gold Jigs, tripped and fell and lacerated left hand and scraped forehead.

2016 · 1 incident

June 16, 2016 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Le Grand Asphalt · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE PULLING ELECTRICAL WIRES AND SLIPPED FROM LADDER, STRAINING RIGHT SHOULDER

2014 · 1 incident

January 25, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Le Grand Asphalt · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TWO EMPLOYEES WORKING ON CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER. PRY BAR BEING USED TO HOLD UP ROLLER SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FINGER SMASHED BETWEEN ROLLER AND CONVEYOR SIDE.

2013 · 1 incident

February 8, 2013 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Le Grand Asphalt · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AROUND WET PLANT, IN MUDDY AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS, STEPPED IN HOLE AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

2012 · 1 incident

October 9, 2012 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Le Grand Asphalt · Fall from machine

Employee was helping to install pump on wet plant and used conveyor leg as a ladder, upon coming down slipped and fell about 5 feet to ground, injuring left arm/wrist, and left leg.

2010 · 1 incident

November 1, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Le Grand Asphalt · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Shaft used to secure belting slipped and struck employee's head. Employee fell as a result of the blow to his head and struck the back of his head on the floor. Employee suffered a laceration to his head and possible concussion.

2006 · 4 incidents

September 5, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Le Grand Asphalt · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped into a hole and twisted his knee.

August 23, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Le Grand Asphalt · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was walking down the side of a stockpile. He slipped and twisted his knee.

August 16, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Le Grand Asphalt · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was replacing the tailguard on a conveyor & strained his lower back.

July 23, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Le Grand Asphalt · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a piece of pipe and strained his lower back.

2001 · 1 incident

September 15, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Le Grand Asphalt · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLY BELT SNAPPED AND BELT CONNECTOR HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

2000 · 1 incident

May 22, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Le Grand Asphalt · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING BEARING IN EQUIPMENT, CO-WORKER ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HIS MOUTH WITH A HAMMER ON THE BACKSWING.

1999 · 5 incidents

November 9, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Le Grand Asphalt · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ROCK, INJURED BACK.

October 4, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Le Grand Asphalt · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO ASSIST FELLOW EMPLOYEE, MATERIAL TRAPPED LEGS CAUSING A CRUSHING INJURY.

October 4, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Le Grand Asphalt · Struck by falling object

ATTEMPTING TO ASSIST FELLOW EMPLOYEE - MATERIAL TRAPPED LEGS CAUSING A CRUSHING INJURY.

October 4, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Le Grand Asphalt · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

CONVEYOR BELT JAMMED. EE ATTEMPTED TO FREE JAM BY REACHING HIS ARM IN WITH A PRY BAR.

June 23, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Le Grand Asphalt · Struck by falling object

ADJUSTING TENSION ON HOPPER CONVEYOR DRIVE BELT. WAS OBSERVING CONVEYOR OPERATE WHEN GEAR BOX MOTOR BROKE OFF AND FELL ON EMPLOYEE STRIKING HIS FOREHEAD AND NOSE.