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Mustang Quarry: 135 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Reno, Nv, Washoe County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2602089

Mustang Quarry has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1990–2020
Latest incident
Sep 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
135
citations
26
significant & substantial
$40,670
proposed penalties
$40,545
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $125 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Q&D Construction LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
904
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: 904 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mustang Quarry has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
130 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-07.
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.
19.3%
significant & substantial
5.9%
high negligence or reckless
18.5%
reasonably likely or greater
53.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.7% none, 16.3% low, 77.0% moderate, 5.9% 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.
14 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 43%
  • Stood as issued 6 · 43%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 14%
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%
12%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2021-03-22.
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 2011-1105M Default Lesnick 2012 $2K → $2K
WEST 2009-994M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $400 → $300
WEST 2009-293M Dismissal Lesnick 2009 $200 → $200
WEST 2008-1010M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $200 → $200
WEST 2021-0156 Dismissal Miller 2021 $125 → $0
WEST 2019-0305 Settlement Gill 2019 $121 → $121
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: 2022-03-31, 4 years ago
9
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-10-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.59 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-10-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Tractor Operator
2014-10-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.2 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-03-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.65 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.93 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.

Mustang Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.19 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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 5.08 5.08 0.000
2019 * 4.04 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 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. Frehner Construction Company Inc 1987 to 2006
  2. Sierra Nevada Construction Inc. 2006 to 2018
  3. Q&D Construction LLC 2019 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 13
2025 19
2024 21
2023 47
2022 21
2021 22
2020 50
2019 48
2018 19
2017 15
2016 17
2015 14
2014 12
2013 16
2012 16
2011 15
2010 13
2009 12
2008 19
2007 23
2006 17
2005 13
2004 12
2003 14
2002 9
2001 15
2000 21
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mustang Quarry sits in Washoe County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Washoe County, Nevada · Population 491,770
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$85,600
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 7,248 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 9,097 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 9,407 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,952 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,570 3 1 456.6
2024 Q4 6,672 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,887 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 9,989 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 8,419 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 12,146 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 13,233 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 11,946 1 0 83.7
2023 Q1 8,113 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,124 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,539 1 0 104.8
2022 Q2 10,943 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,453 2 0 236.6
2021 Q4 8,706 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,798 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 11,334 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,807 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 9,241 1 1 108.2
2020 Q3 12,522 1 0 79.9
2020 Q2 6,240 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 11,382 1 0 87.9
2019 Q4 10,425 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 16,593 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 16,450 1 0 60.8
2019 Q1 6,021 1 0 166.1
2018 Q4 9,082 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 16,201 4 1 246.9
2018 Q2 12,280 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,782 2 0 294.9
2017 Q4 9,777 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 12,297 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10,214 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6,466 4 0 618.6
2016 Q4 10,107 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 13,147 7 2 532.4
2016 Q2 12,247 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,866 5 2 728.2
2015 Q4 7,130 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 9,859 5 3 507.2
2015 Q2 8,762 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,884 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,834 1 0 146.3
2014 Q3 7,771 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,779 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,122 3 0 727.8
2013 Q4 7,322 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,944 4 0 447.2
2013 Q2 7,200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 7,202 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,569 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 14,143 7 0 494.9
2012 Q2 10,828 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,167 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,059 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 11,960 5 2 418.1
2011 Q2 7,662 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,573 5 2 1943.3
2010 Q4 6,473 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,998 9 0 1125.3
2010 Q2 4,322 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,685 2 0 744.9
2009 Q4 5,952 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,426 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,262 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,722 3 0 806.0
2008 Q4 3,974 2 0 503.3
2008 Q3 9,073 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 12,585 4 1 317.8
2008 Q1 7,198 2 0 277.9
2007 Q4 6,879 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 10,383 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,833 3 0 339.6
2007 Q1 8,207 1 0 121.8
2006 Q4 6,744 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 10,394 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,087 1 0 99.1
2006 Q1 3,848 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,003 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,921 5 3 722.4
2005 Q2 5,911 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,800 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,994 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,124 4 2 395.1
2004 Q2 4,162 2 0 480.5
2004 Q1 3,371 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,832 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,345 2 0 239.7
2003 Q2 6,829 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,154 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,693 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,539 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 925 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 183 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,906 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 12,050 2 1 166.0
2001 Q2 14,520 3 1 206.6
2001 Q1 4,160 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,800 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,591 6 0 441.5
2000 Q2 15,119 7 1 463.0
2000 Q1 5,262 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2020 · 1 incident

September 17, 2020 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Q&D Construction LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was shoveling off a conveyor belt. Employee felt a pop in their back, and felt immediate pain.

2019 · 1 incident

August 9, 2019 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Q&D Construction LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing access cover bolts, adjustable wrench slipped off bolt and smashed employee's right middle finger against crusher.

2015 · 1 incident

June 30, 2015 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Sierra Nevada Construction Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Operating articulating truck, was being loaded with material. In the course of this operation, a large boulder was loaded onto the bed of the truck rocking operator against the armrest.

2013 · 1 incident

August 12, 2013 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Sierra Nevada Construction Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was using a cutting bolt holes on a conveyer with a torch and had a piece of slag fall into his left ear.

2007 · 1 incident

May 15, 2007 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Nevada Construction Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Shoveling under conveyor belt, he felt strain in back.

2001 · 1 incident

April 12, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Frehner Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHECKING K2001 TRACKING, THE EE STOOD ON THE SW SIDE OF THE BELT. HE REACHED WITH HIS LEFT HAND IN BETWEEN TWO ROLLERS TO GET A ROCK WHILE THE BELT WAS RUNNING CAUSING L ARM TO FRACTURE.

2000 · 2 incidents

July 17, 2000 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frehner Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING BELTING THE UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND NEAR THE THUMB.

1999 · 1 incident

September 22, 1999 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frehner Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A CHUTE AND THE PLANT OPERATOR WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE GRIZZLY. THE OPERATOR'S LEVERAGE DEVICE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ANKLE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A CHUTE UNDER OTHER WORKERS ABOVE HIM

1998 · 3 incidents

April 6, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Frehner Construction Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EE LOOKED AT WELDING ARC WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS WELDING.

March 3, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frehner Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED THAT WHILE LIFTING AND MOVING SOME METAL STRIPS HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

March 2, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frehner Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CARRING A PIECE OF SHARP STEEL AND CUT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

1991 · 1 incident

June 25, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frehner Construction Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STATES THAT WHEN THEY WERE TEARING DOWN CONE CRUSHER HE WAS GETTING READY TO PULL ON WRENCH & AS HE WENT TO PULL HE STEPPED BACK INTO HOLE & TWISTED BACK.

1990 · 2 incidents

December 10, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Frehner Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CHIPPING WLED SLAG & PARTICLE OF SLAG GOT UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO LEFT EYE.

May 14, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Frehner Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

1. FAILURE OF DRIVER TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 2. TRUCK BACKED TO EDGE AT AN ANGLE. 3. EMPLOYEE HAS EYE SIGHT PROBLEM. 4. BERM WAS UNDERMINED IN THIS AREA. 5. DRIVER NOT COMPLETELY AWARE OF J OB HAZARD. END DUMP DAMAGED ($2500) AND EMPLOYEE UNABLE TO PERFORM REGULAR WORK.