Reno Rock & Asphalt has $14K 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
3
Years on record
1993–2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
55
citations
15
significant & substantial
$13,639
proposed penalties
$7,863
paid to date
58% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,776 gap.
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: 184 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Reno Rock & Asphalt has $14K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-08-22.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
13citations taken to the federal commission · 24% of citations on record
Settled
12 · 92%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 8%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
63%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $4K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2007-12-04.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2003-07-29, 23 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-07-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.62
Backhoe 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2007
2
2006
4
2005
0
2004
2
2003
4
2002
3
2001
2
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Reno Rock & Asphalt sits in Storey County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Storey County, Nevada · Population 4,139
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$96,000
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
2007 Q4
800
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,961
12
5
6119.3
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
720
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,320
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
2,653
12
3
4523.2
2005 Q3
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2
0
0
0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
0
0
0
2004 Q2
1,874
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,328
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
844
2
0
2369.7
2003 Q3
2,565
8
3
3118.9
2003 Q2
2,460
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,920
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
278
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,750
16
4
9142.9
2002 Q2
946
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
936
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
0
1
0
2001 Q2
560
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
780
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
820
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
960
4
0
4166.7
2000 Q2
740
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
400
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2002 · 1 incident
October 29, 2002NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CONVEYOR FEEDER WAS BEING CLEANED OUT DURING A DOWN DAY. WHILE KNOCKING WALLS TO DISLODGE MATERIAL CAKED ON CHUTE A BOULDER DROPPED DOWN CHUTE STRIKING THE MINER'S LEG. LEG WAS FRACTURED.
1997 · 1 incident
July 21, 1997NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE AND OFF TO ONE SIDE OF JAW CRUSHER WHICH WAS PLUGGED WITH A LARGE CHUNK OF CONCRETE. AN EXCAVATOR WAS PICKING THE PIECE OF CONCRETE OUT OF THE CRUSHER. IT COULD NO T PICK THE PIECE UP HIGH ENOUGH. IT WAS THEN SENT THROUGH AGAIN. A PIECE BROKE OFF & WAS FLUNG BY THE BULL WHEEL. PIECE HIT EMPLOYEE IN HEAD. HESPENT NIGHT IN HOSPITAL & WILL BE OFF UNTIL 8/9
EMPLOYEE WAS ON LADDER WITH PRYBAR THE BOTTOM OF LADDER SLIPPED IN LOOSE DIRT HARRY FELL BACKWARDS OFF LADDER LANDED ON HIS BACK THE PRY BAR THEN LANDED ON HIS FACE CAUSING INJURY.