Mining Incidents

Parks Quarry: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Granite Construction Company · Surface
Goleta, Santa Barbara County, CA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0405081

Parks Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Parks Quarry.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
15
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,900
proposed penalties
$1,900
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
27
inspections on record
243
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: 243 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Parks Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $55 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-05-16.
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.
6.7%
significant & substantial
40.0%
high negligence or reckless
6.7%
reasonably likely or greater
20.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 60.0% moderate, 40.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
WEST20030047M Settlement Manning 2003 $55 → $55
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: 2009-02-03, 17 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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
  1. Parks Land & Cattle Company Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 0
2022 0
2021 2
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 2
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 3
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Parks Quarry sits in Santa Barbara County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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 Barbara County, California · Population 443,975
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$95,977
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 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 12 1 0 83333.3
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 169 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
Show 81 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 63 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 74 2 1 27027.0
2016 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 83 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 101 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 49 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 57 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 63 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 68 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 65 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 67 1 0 14925.4
2011 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 95 1 0 10526.3
2010 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 57 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 85 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 94 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 56 1 0 17857.1
2008 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 88 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 46 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 174 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 158 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 71 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 146 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 106 2 0 18867.9
2006 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 153 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 88 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 77 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 145 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 65 4 0 61538.5
2004 Q1 115 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 74 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 78 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 128 1 0 7812.5
2002 Q2 111 1 0 9009.0
2002 Q1 123 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 163 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 97 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 69 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 142 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 111 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 143 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.