Mining Incidents

Plant 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kirk Arnold Schulthess
Oro Grande, San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405734

Plant 2 has $3K 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
5
Years on record
2008–2019
Latest incident
Jul 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
16
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,648
proposed penalties
$2,648
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
7
inspections on record
143
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: 143 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 2 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2021 Q2 461 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,722 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 9,568 1 0 104.5
2020 Q3 11,254 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 10,332 1 0 96.8
2020 Q1 11,729 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 12,350 7 3 566.8
2019 Q3 11,242 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 8,340 2 1 239.8
2019 Q1 5,812 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,839 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,893 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,096 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 7,440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,861 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,963 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,926 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 74 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 37 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 837 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 651 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 412 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 614 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,053 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,799 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,616 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,228 5 2 2244.2
2007 Q3 2,028 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2019 · 2 incidents

July 8, 2019 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cutting Edge Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing near a loader (left rear) turning off main power. Employee had taken a step back and EE's heel landed on a rock causing EE to lose EE's balance. When EE tried to catch EE's balance the employee swung over landing EE's left foot on uneven ground. Caused the employee to land in a twisted and awkward position.

March 1, 2019 CA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cutting Edge Aggregates Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was hanging 4 cables along the side of screen feed. EE secured the cables with zip ties. EE hoisted the cables up in EE's left hand and as EE lifted the zip tie EE had just secured failed causing the cables to fall while EE was holding them just above shoulder height. The weight of the cables came down and rolled off of EE's hand towards EE's thumb causing it to bend backwards.

2018 · 1 incident

October 9, 2018 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cutting Edge Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE MANUALLY DUG OUT THE ROCKS FROM THE CONE DUE TO THE HYDRAULICS WOULD NOT CLEAR THE CONE. ONCE CLEARED, THE BOWL SETTLED. THE NOISE FROM THE BOWL SETTLING STARTLED EE, RESULTING IN EE MOVING FOOT DOWN PINNING EE'S FOOT AGAINST THE MANTLE.

2017 · 1 incident

December 13, 2017 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cutting Edge Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was assisting 2 others with lifting cables into place. The cable slipped from one of the other employees and said employee tried to hold the additional weight. Said employee then complained about pain in the groin.

2008 · 1 incident

January 15, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cutting Edge Concrete Services Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pulling on a pulley toward him when the left hand got caught up.

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