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Portable Plant B: 52 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Keith M Reilly
Apple Valley, San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405615

Portable Plant B has $16K 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
2005
Latest incident
Sep 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
52
citations
15
significant & substantial
$16,131
proposed penalties
$16,131
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Romero General Construction Corp's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
18
inspections on record
211
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: 211 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Plant B has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-09-29.
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.
28.8%
significant & substantial
32.7%
high negligence or reckless
28.8%
reasonably likely or greater
38.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 67.3% moderate, 32.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2004-12-15, 21 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-12-15 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. Romero General Construction Corp 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 0
2008 6
2007 7
2006 6
2005 14
2004 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Plant B 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
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,489 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,036 7 1 1734.4
2007 Q3 2,855 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,738 6 3 2191.4
2007 Q1 3,457 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 0 6 4
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3 5,893 5 2 848.5
2006 Q2 4,136 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,663 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,668 9 2 2453.7
2005 Q3 3,288 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,779 12 2 4318.1
2005 Q1 2,207 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,390 6 1 1769.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

September 22, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Romero General Construction Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was pinched between vibratory feeder middle east at belt HBC-11 & wall when final hanger support was cut. Feeder rotated on the rigging supported by the 55 ton crane & pinched ee against the wall at his waist and upper legs. They pulled feeder off of ee with come-along. Ee walked with help from other ee to about 20' from injury site until help arrived.