Mining Incidents

Mojave Rock Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Roko Grbic; Mile Grbic
Mojave, Kern County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405917

Mojave Rock Mine has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
53
citations
21
significant & substantial
$35,343
proposed penalties
$16,138
paid to date
46% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,205 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
23
inspections on record
417
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: 417 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mojave Rock Mine has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 3 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 6,478 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,797 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,927 5 1 721.8
2025 Q1 7,065 4 2 566.2
2024 Q4 6,512 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,459 2 0 268.1
2024 Q2 6,601 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,849 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,657 12 5 2121.3
2023 Q3 6,010 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,169 2 2 324.2
2023 Q1 5,733 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,142 5 2 972.4
2022 Q3 4,699 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,288 2 1 466.4
2022 Q1 6,679 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,510 7 4 932.1
2021 Q3 8,870 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,338 1 1 136.3
2021 Q1 5,202 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,116 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,779 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,604 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,138 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,963 7 1 2362.5
2019 Q3 2,781 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,341 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,455 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,264 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,256 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,066 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 486 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 396 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 625 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 226 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

August 20, 2024 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
MRC Rock & Sand, LLC. · Unclassified, insufficient data

A truck driver, that is not an employee of MRC Rock & Sand LLC, was found unresponsive after getting loaded with rock. It is determined that the driver lost consciousness due to a medical emergency. Driver was transported to the hospital and survived the event.

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