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: 617 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Plant 1 has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$56K
proposed penalties
$56K
current assessed
$56K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
77 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $24K in penalties contested before the Commission, $24K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-04-27.
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.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$24K proposed, $24K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2017-08-06.
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.
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: 2021-04-28, 5 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz42 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-05-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.15
2.27
Bobcat Operator
2013-12-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.14
1.57
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Engineer
2017-07-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bobcat Operator
2017-05-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.2
0.90
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.22
0.64
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-12-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Truck Driver
2007-10-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2021
8
2020
3
2019
4
2018
5
2017
6
2016
5
2015
4
2014
4
2013
4
2012
3
2011
6
2010
11
2009
12
2008
8
2007
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Plant 1 sits in San Bernardino County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
San Bernardino County, California · Population 2,187,816
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,184
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
Employee was working on the catwalk. EE had a wrench in one hand and an impact drill in the other. Employee was loosening a nut/bolt (one handed), the wrench slipped and hit employee in the mouth/tooth.
2016 · 1 incident
February 11, 2016CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
02/25/10 Employee was rigging concrete blocks and positioned himself in a pinch point between two blocks. When block was lifted, it pinched his calf. Shift was over at the time of accident, employee called immediate supervisor and reported he pinched his calf but no major injury and would be reporting to work in the morning.
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