What are PANCHO RICO SAND AND GRAVEL's MSHA penalties?

PANCHO RICO SAND AND GRAVEL has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $708 currently outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

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PANCHO RICO SAND AND GRAVEL: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

SWIFT TECTONICS, INC. · Surface

Controlled by John D Cederquist

SAN ARDO, Monterey County, CA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0405624

PANCHO RICO SAND AND GRAVEL has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $708 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 0
Years on record: —
Latest incident: —

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

citations

significant & substantial

$1,807

proposed penalties

$1,099

paid to date

61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $708 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2005

inspections on record

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 47 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$2K

proposed penalties

$2K

current assessed

$1K

paid to date

$708

outstanding

18 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.

Of $708 in penalties contested before the Commission, $708 was upheld in final decisions.

As of the most recent assessment on 2007-12-20.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Violation severity profile

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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.

22.2%

significant & substantial

5.6%

high negligence or reckless

22.2%

reasonably likely or greater

44.4%

permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs

Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.6% low, 88.9% moderate, 5.6% high, 0.0% reckless.

Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

When citations were contested

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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.

7 citations taken to the federal commission · 39% of citations on record

Stood as issued 7 · 100%

100%

S&S designation survived the contest

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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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%

Penalty reduction in decided contests

$708 proposed, $708 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 2007-12-05.

Contested penalties

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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 2008-271M	Dismissal	Barbour	2008	$608 → $608
WEST 2008-270M	Dismissal	Barbour	2008	$100 → $100

Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

Health sampling

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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)

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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: 2005-04-20, 21 years ago

of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit

samples

limit-tested

Most sampled contaminants

Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1

Show the individual readings (2)

Date	Contaminant	Concentration	Limit	Conc / limit	Occupation
2005-04-20	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	0.44	0.92	0.48	Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-20	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Dry Screen Plant 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.

Ownership history

SWIFT TECTONICS, INC. 2004 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Workforce and production

Year	Employees
2008	3
2007	7
2006	6
2005	7

Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Local economic context

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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.

Monterey County, California · Population 435,834

0.0%

Mining share of county employment

$94,486

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Quarterly safety rates

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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
2008 Q4	37	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	328	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	124	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	54	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	254	2	0	7874.0
2007 Q3	560	15	3	26785.7
2007 Q2	684	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	419	0	0	0.0

Show 8 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4	1,444	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	1,865	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	908	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	103	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	950	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	1,013	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	64	1	1	15625.0
2005 Q1	270	0	0	0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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PANCHO RICO SAND AND GRAVEL has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $708 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

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.

PANCHO RICO SAND AND GRAVEL sits in Monterey County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

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Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)

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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.