Mining Incidents

Lee Vining Aggregate Plant: 38 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Lee Vining, Mono County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405234

Lee Vining Aggregate Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $147 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1995–2009
Latest incident
Jul 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
38
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,565
proposed penalties
$4,418
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $147 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
21
inspections on record
256
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: 256 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lee Vining Aggregate Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $147 outstanding across 0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$147
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-04.
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.
23.7%
significant & substantial
21.1%
high negligence or reckless
23.7%
reasonably likely or greater
36.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.5% low, 68.4% moderate, 21.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Mono Rock 1994 to 2001
  2. Intermountain Slurry Seal Inc 2001 to 2009
  3. Granite Construction Company 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 3
2022 3
2020 2
2015 1
2010 5
2009 5
2008 7
2007 6
2006 6
2005 9
2004 7
2003 7
2002 11
2001 8
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lee Vining Aggregate Plant sits in Mono 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.
Mono County, California · Population 13,169
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$86,953
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
2023 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,255 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 482 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 717 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 318 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 749 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 506 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 464 0 0 0.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3 5,157 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 40 1 0 25000.0
2009 Q4 419 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,072 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,745 1 0 267.0
2009 Q1 216 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 789 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,569 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 79 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,449 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,171 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,761 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,883 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,053 2 0 655.1
2006 Q2 3,394 7 2 2062.5
2006 Q1 706 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,817 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,478 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,239 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,385 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,988 11 3 5533.2
2004 Q3 2,490 1 0 401.6
2004 Q2 1,646 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 564 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,416 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,139 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,099 5 3 2382.1
2003 Q1 1,298 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,185 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,980 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,923 5 0 1710.6
2002 Q1 590 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,608 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,068 3 1 1450.7
2001 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 856 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,076 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,134 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,292 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,385 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2009 · 1 incident

July 2, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Fall from machine

EE was climbing down machine, when he caught his foot on the lower step and fell about 2 1/2 to 3 feet on his backside, bruised back.

2004 · 1 incident

July 7, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Intermountain Slurry Seal Inc · Flash burns (welding)

HOLDING STEEL BARS WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WELDED. FLASH BURN TO EYES.

2002 · 1 incident

May 3, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Intermountain Slurry Seal Inc · Fall from ladders

RUPTURED THREE DISKS IN BACK WHEN HE JUMPED A SHORT DISTANCE FROM A LADDER AFTER GETTING MACHINERY IN RUNNING ORDER.

2001 · 1 incident

November 14, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Intermountain Slurry Seal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DELIVERING SAFETY GLASSES TO EE AND IMPACT CRUSHER MEDAL IN EYE.

1996 · 1 incident

April 1, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mono Rock · Struck against stationary object

ROCKS JAMMED IN GRIZZLEY, KICKED TO BREAK LOOSE.

1995 · 1 incident

October 9, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mono Rock · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING AT CRUSHER. PIECE OF SLAG IN EYE.