Lebec Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
43
Years on record
1986–1997
Latest incident
Jul 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
57
citations
11
significant & substantial
$8,491
proposed penalties
$8,491
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
22
inspections on record
305
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: 305 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lebec Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-10-26.
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.
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.
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: 2005-07-20, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.68
0.31
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.65
0.46
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.54
0.33
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.51
0.31
Scraper Operator
2003-06-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper 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.
Lebec Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.49 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
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
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
2007
6
2006
7
2005
11
2004
11
2003
11
2002
15
2001
17
2000
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Lebec Plant 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2
1,520
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,298
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
3,009
6
0
1994.0
2006 Q3
3,518
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
3,766
2
1
531.1
2006 Q1
4,035
1
0
247.8
2005 Q4
3,106
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,981
8
1
1606.1
Show 22 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2
4,766
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,490
5
0
1113.6
2004 Q4
5,850
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,674
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,354
4
1
918.7
2004 Q1
4,273
1
0
234.0
2003 Q4
4,898
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
5,115
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,868
3
1
616.3
2003 Q1
5,157
1
0
193.9
2002 Q4
5,774
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,487
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,058
5
1
825.4
2002 Q1
8,772
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
9,536
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
9,173
14
4
1526.2
2001 Q2
9,092
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,227
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,299
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,449
6
1
710.1
2000 Q2
12,418
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
11,048
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
43 on file
1997 · 2 incidents
July 22, 1997CA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CONVEYOR AND A PIECE OF GRINDING CHIP WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OKAY AND DID NOT REPORT IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL 12-1 3-96.
1995 · 3 incidents
November 30, 1995CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS PICKING UP ROCKS & THROWING THEM OFF CONVEYOR BELT. A ROCK FLEW OFF CONVEYOR & HIT EE ABOVE EAR ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD. EE WAS WEARING HARD HAT AT TIME.
November 10, 1995CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
TRUCK ROLLED OFF JACKS AND PINNED EMPLOYEE.HE SUSTAINED DEEP LACERATION AND CUTS.WAS TOLD BY A PREVIOUS MSHA INSPECTOR THAT MECHANICS WERE NOT REPORTABLE.WAS UNAWARE THAT THIS WAS TRUE ONLY IF THEY WERE WORKING ON AN ON-ROAD VEHICLE.
1994 · 6 incidents
November 5, 1994CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMPLOYEE IS SECURITY GUARD AT PLANT.WAS CHASING VANDALS FROM LOADER WENT THRU THE CAB OUT OTHER SIDE.SLIPPED OFF STEPS BACKWARDS,GRABBING RAIL.CUT THREE FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND ON SHARP EDGE OF RAIL.
MATERIAL WAS STICKING ON SCREEN(BELT),EMPL GOT OUT OF LOADER TO WALK UP SIDE OF CONVEYOR TO INSPECT.RAINY CONDITIONS AND BELT WASNT SHUT OFF.FOOT SLIPPED AND WAS CAUGHT,DRAGGING LEG INTO PULLE Y MECHANISM.LEG WAS SEVERED AT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON CATWALK OF SCREEN AT 20 FT HEIGHT (APPROX.); CARRYING METAL TO PLACE FOR WELDING (WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE). HE MIS-STEPPED, DROPPING METAL, AND FELL BACKWARD OFF SCREEN O NTO BED OF FLATBED TRUCK PARKED BELOW SCREEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING PLYWOOD. THE BLADE GUARD ON SAW STUCK OPEN. EMPLOYEE LOWERED SAW NEAR AS IT WAS COASTING TO A STOP. RECEIVED A CUT ABOVE KNEE CAP.
1988 · 6 incidents
October 4, 1988CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING THE CRANE LOAD AROUND(STEADYING IT);HE PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE MOTOR PLATE AND A PART IT WAS GOING TO BE SET NEXT TO.THE LOAD SHIFTED TOO FAST AND CAUGHT HIS HAND.HE S HOULD NOT HAVE PUT HIS AHND UNDERNEATH LOAD.
June 21, 1988CA · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS LEARNING TO DRIVE OFF-ROAD VEHICLE DUMP TRUCK. STALLED THE ENGINE; TRIED TO ST E ER IT DOWN THE HILL MANUALLY, LOST CONTROL AND OVERTURNED TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAINING ANOTHER DRIVER FOR OFF-ROAD TRUCK. WHILE HALF WAY UP RAMP TO DUMP LOAD, DRIVER STALLED TRUCK. INSTEAD OF SETTING BRAKE AND RESTARTING VEHICLE, HE TRIED TO STEER DOWN RAMP , LOST CONTROL AND TURNED TRUCK OVER.
June 8, 1988CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
DRIVER OF OFF-ROAD DUMP TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN AN INCLINE INTO THE LOADER THE HE WAS OPEARTING. BRAKES FAILED ON THE DUMP TRUCK CAUSING THE ACCIDENT. HE WAS THROWN INTO HANDLES INSIDE CA B, HITTING KNEE, FINGERS, AND BUMPED HEAD.
1987 · 4 incidents
October 30, 1987CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS