Mining Incidents

Plant 4: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kirk Arnold Schulthess
Apple Valley, San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405888

Plant 4 has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2016
Latest incident
Sep 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
6
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,530
proposed penalties
$1,530
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
4
inspections on record
55
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: 55 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 4 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-06-14.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
33.3%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 66.7% moderate, 33.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Cutting Edge Aggregates Inc 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 3
2016 4
2015 5
2014 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 4 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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 970 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,522 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,826 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,732 1 0 577.4
2016 Q1 1,309 2 1 1527.9
2015 Q4 2,214 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,566 3 2 1915.7
2015 Q2 2,842 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 2,017 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 753 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 405 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2016 · 1 incident

September 21, 2016 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cutting Edge Aggregates Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee opened the latch to an excavator approx. 1' off the ground, had a firm grip of the grate for balance and the door swung open causing the employee to lose their balance, landing on their bottom.