Mining Incidents

Quality Materials (Rancho Plant) Metal/Non-Metal

Quality Materials · Surface
Controlled by Dave Beck
Rubidoux, San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405475

Quality Materials (Rancho Plant) has $68K in proposed MSHA penalties and $45K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
96
citations
36
significant & substantial
$67,637
proposed penalties
$20,821
paid to date
31% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $46,816 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
29
inspections on record
354
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: 354 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quality Materials (Rancho Plant) has $68K in proposed MSHA penalties and $45K outstanding across 7 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.
$68K
proposed penalties
$66K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$45K
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-02-18.
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
2009 Q1 32 3 1 93750.0
2008 Q4 210 7 4 33333.3
2008 Q3 40 2 0 50000.0
2008 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 960 6 4 6250.0
2007 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 320 9 0 28125.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 320 7 3 21875.0
2006 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 320 1 0 3125.0
2005 Q3 320 13 5 40625.0
2005 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 160 6 1 37500.0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q2 160 2 0 12500.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 7 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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