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Olympia Plant #125: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cemex S A
FELTON, Santa Cruz County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401890

Olympia Plant #125 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1983–1998
Latest incident
Aug 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,287
proposed penalties
$1,287
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rmc Pacific Materials's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
74
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: 74 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Olympia Plant #125 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-24.
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.
18.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.2%
reasonably likely or greater
72.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2001-02-01, 25 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-02-01 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.

Olympia Plant #125 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ 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 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.17 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
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.
Ownership history
  1. Lone Star Industries Inc 1950 to 1987
  2. Rmc Pacific Materials 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 2
2002 4
2001 11
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Olympia Plant #125 sits in Santa Cruz 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.
Santa Cruz County, California · Population 266,021
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$109,266
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
2003 Q1 703 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 499 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,548 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,103 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,568 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,197 1 0 192.4
2001 Q3 4,960 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,198 3 2 577.1
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 5,151 2 0 388.3
2000 Q4 5,310 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,511 5 0 907.3
2000 Q2 5,432 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,097 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

1998 · 1 incident

August 24, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal loader head operator, roscoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rmc Pacific Materials · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING THE SCRAPER, DUMPING FILL, THE TRACTOR HIT A BUMP AND THE DRIVER WAS BOUNCED AROUND INJURING HIS LOWER BACK

1997 · 1 incident

July 14, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rmc Pacific Materials · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERTING THE SCRAPER, DUMPING FILL, HE WASTURNED IN THE SEAT WATCHING. THE TRACTOR HIT A BUMP AND BOUNCED HIM, PULLING MUSCLE IN HIS LOWERLEFT BACK.

1994 · 4 incidents

December 22, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Rmc Pacific Materials · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AN INDEPENDENT TRUCK DRIVER SUFFERED AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK WHILE EXITING OUT FACILITY. THE DRIVER WAS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF RMC LONESTAR NOR WAS HE WORKING AS A CONTRACTOR FOR RMC LONESTAR. HE WAS WORKING FOR V.T.I. TRUCKING FROM NEWARK CA. THE DRIVER WAS PRONOUNCED DOA AT DOMINICAN HOSPITAL IN SANTA CRUZ, CA.

September 9, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rmc Pacific Materials · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EE WAS ASSISTING LOCAL FIRE FIGHTERS RESPONSING TO A PG E RELATED FIRE AT THE ENTRACE TO OUT PLANT PROPERTY. EE WAS STANDING ON A SANDY SLOPE REACHING DOWNHILL AND PULLING A 1 1/2 INCH FIR EHOSE UPHILL AND FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.

June 28, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Rmc Pacific Materials · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSING THE BOLTS HOLDING THE TEETH ON THE SCRAPER. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM BELOW AND AIR FROM THEIMPACT GUN CAUSED MATERIAL TO BLOW INTO THE AIR AND A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED T HE EMPLOYEE RIGHT EYE.

May 10, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rmc Pacific Materials · Struck by falling object

WHILE MOVING A CONCRETE FLOAT THE STRAP WAS NOT SECURE & IT SLIPPED OFF & DROPPEDON FINGER

1993 · 1 incident

August 30, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rmc Pacific Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORN OUT LINKAGE CAUSING THE EJECTOR CONTROLS HART TO OPERATE.

1992 · 4 incidents

November 4, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Rmc Pacific Materials · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON LOADER BUCKET & FLASHES OFF THE BUCKET CAUSED HIM TO GET FLASHBURN TO HIS EYES

November 3, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Rmc Pacific Materials · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON LOADER BUCKET WHEN A PIECE OF HOT METAL BURNED THROUGH HIS COVERALLS AND WENT INTO HIS BOOT.

September 15, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Rmc Pacific Materials · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING THE SCRAPER, FELT SHARP PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK. SET ON DUE TO THE BOUNCING OF THE SEAT.

January 20, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Rmc Pacific Materials · Struck by falling object

WHILE REMOVING A PIECE OF PIPE FROM THE CUT-OFF SAW THE PIPE FELL ON HIS LEG & A PIECE OF STEEL BAND THAT WAS AROUND PIPE CUT HIS LEG

1991 · 2 incidents

August 23, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rmc Pacific Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TRYING TO PICK UP GEAR REDUCTION, IT SPUN AROUND AND CAUGHT FINGER TIP.

April 2, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rmc Pacific Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS LEANING DOWN TO TURN ON THE SWITCH FOR THE STACKER CONVEYOR.

1988 · 2 incidents

October 6, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rmc Pacific Materials · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING SPROCKET UP TO SHAFT ON CONVEYOR #3 SHOULDER POPPED.

May 16, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rmc Pacific Materials · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CHAINING FLIGHTS SO THEY COULD BE HOISTED UP HE WAS STANDING ON THE HAND TRUCK WHICH GOT OFF BALANCE & HE FELL ON HIS FACE

1987 · 2 incidents

June 5, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lone Star Industries Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HA6LING MATERIAL FROM PIT AREA TO PLANT SURGE PILE WITH A SCRAPER. THE SCRAPER HIT A BUMP WHICH BOUNCED THE OPERATOR, STRIKING HIS FOREHEAD ON THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE CAB; RESULT ING IN A LACERA7ION IN THE AREA OF THE RIGHT EYEBROW.

February 7, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Star Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO CHANGE A SHAFT IN A CONYEYOR PULLEY. AFTER THE SHAFT HAD BEEN REPLACED AND THE PULLEY WAS BACK IN PLACE, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA.

1986 · 3 incidents

December 3, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lone Star Industries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING UP ON THE DOZER TO FUEL IT WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TRACK STRIKING THE LOWER LEFT LEG

November 11, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Lone Star Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING A FABRICATED METAL BOX ON A HAND TRUCK TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION IN SHOP. THE HAND TRUCK MOVED FROM UNDER THE BOX AND THE BOX TURNED; STRIKING BOTH OF THE EMPLOYEE'S FEET. 3

February 18, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Lone Star Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE OPERAT9D D-8 DOZER ALL DAY AT THE END OF THE DAY HE FELT A STIFFNESS IN HIS BACK THE NEXT MORNING HE WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF BED

1983 · 1 incident

September 26, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Star Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONE ENDOF A CONVEYOR RETURN ROLLER WHILE THE OTHER END WASBEING LINED UP WITH THE SLOT IN MOUNTING BRACKET. AS THE ROLLER WAS TURNED FOR ALIGNMENT, THE ROLLER DROPPED, CAT CHING THE INDEX FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE BRACKET RESULTING IN A MASHED INDEX FINGER AND FRACTURE OF THE FIRST JOINT.