Plant #3 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2021–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
21
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,066
proposed penalties
$4,411
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $655 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
17
inspections on record
170
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: 170 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 #3 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-04.
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
ARC Crushing Supervisor sustained a fracture and laceration to the fingernail area of right index finger while manually adjusting conveyor skirting at Spring Butte Quarry. The injury required surgical stabilization and has resulted in restricted duty.
2021 · 1 incident
November 12, 2021OR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee began to experience pain to left side lower back and rib cage. Employee thought it was from shoveling wet material(mud &/or rock). EE was diagnosed with strain to left lower back/rib cage.
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