Rilite Aggregate has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
28
Years on record
1989–2021
Latest incident
Aug 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
211
citations
29
significant & substantial
$48,986
proposed penalties
$48,035
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $951 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.
211 citations across 1,232 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rilite Aggregate has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 3 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.
$49K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$48K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
208 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $829 in penalties contested before the Commission, $610 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-29.
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.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
19%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$675 proposed, $550 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 2011-09-26.
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: 2025-09-23
19
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz10
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Show the individual readings (19)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2018-01-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.35
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-01-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-11-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2014-11-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-07-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Supervisor, Co. Official
2010-07-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.37
Bulldozer Operator
2005-03-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2005-03-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.74
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2005-03-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Cleanup Man
2003-07-31
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-31
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.62
Utility Man
2002-10-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
Utility Man
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.
Rilite Aggregate recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.25 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
6.27
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
20
2025
18
2024
18
2023
19
2022
24
2021
18
2020
18
2019
20
2018
18
2017
14
2016
12
2015
11
2014
10
2013
6
2012
8
2011
7
2010
7
2009
6
2008
8
2007
11
2006
13
2005
11
2004
11
2003
11
2002
10
2001
12
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Rilite Aggregate sits in Washoe County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Washoe County, Nevada · Population 491,770
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$85,600
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
2026 Q2
7,833
1
0
127.7
2026 Q1
9,070
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
8,489
2
0
235.6
2025 Q3
9,651
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
7,819
4
0
511.6
2025 Q1
8,523
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
7,805
2
0
256.2
2024 Q3
9,417
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
8,675
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
7,923
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
7,527
6
1
797.1
2023 Q3
9,200
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
7,954
1
1
125.7
2023 Q1
5,409
10
0
1848.8
2022 Q4
8,359
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
11,711
2
0
170.8
2022 Q2
9,714
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
9,113
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
7,363
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
8,822
1
0
113.4
2021 Q2
9,747
9
1
923.4
2021 Q1
5,971
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
8,179
1
0
122.3
2020 Q3
7,740
1
0
129.2
2020 Q2
8,945
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,918
3
1
378.9
2019 Q4
10,024
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
8,680
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
9,621
1
0
103.9
2019 Q1
7,722
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
9,873
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
7,642
1
1
130.9
2018 Q2
7,592
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
5,792
5
1
863.3
2017 Q4
8,372
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
6,943
9
5
1296.3
2017 Q2
7,977
7
2
877.5
2017 Q1
4,738
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
6,677
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
6,440
2
0
310.6
2016 Q2
7,083
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
4,639
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
4,717
2
1
424.0
2015 Q3
5,140
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
3,895
1
0
256.7
2015 Q1
4,145
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,787
6
0
1584.4
2014 Q3
4,880
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,298
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
3,684
3
1
814.3
2013 Q4
2,982
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
3,431
2
0
582.9
2013 Q2
2,515
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,176
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,875
1
0
533.3
2012 Q3
4,012
2
0
498.5
2012 Q2
2,658
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
2,139
2
0
935.0
2011 Q4
2,299
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,806
3
0
1069.1
2011 Q2
2,724
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,634
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,338
11
3
3295.4
2010 Q3
3,249
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
3,088
1
0
323.8
2010 Q1
1,431
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,929
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,013
5
0
1659.5
2009 Q2
4,323
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3,049
1
0
328.0
2008 Q4
4,031
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,285
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,665
3
0
643.1
2008 Q1
3,211
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
4,677
1
0
213.8
2007 Q3
6,073
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
8,309
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
6,043
5
0
827.4
2006 Q4
9,579
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,722
4
1
458.6
2006 Q2
9,494
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,424
4
0
538.8
2005 Q4
8,875
1
0
112.7
2005 Q3
8,386
7
2
834.7
2005 Q2
6,973
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,579
34
5
7425.2
2004 Q4
7,913
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,945
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
6,905
2
1
289.6
2004 Q1
4,862
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
5,817
6
0
1031.5
2003 Q3
7,236
1
0
138.2
2003 Q2
5,702
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
6,435
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,996
1
0
166.8
2002 Q3
7,034
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,802
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
4,314
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,105
10
1
1958.9
2001 Q3
7,357
1
0
135.9
2001 Q2
6,264
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,094
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,060
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,238
3
0
324.7
2000 Q2
3,988
9
0
2256.8
2000 Q1
2,805
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
28 on file
2021 · 1 incident
August 3, 2021NV · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Rilite Aggregate · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Miner was attempting to clear an obstructed troughing roller with a small hammer. The miner was standing on the cross support of the screen deck #1, clearing a roller on the 1st under screen belt. Miner slipped and EE's right arm fell into the back side of the guarding, EE's right hand came in contact with the belting and roller resulting in a cut to EE's right middle finger.
2017 · 1 incident
July 5, 2017NV · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Operator with fully loaded haul truck traveled down from upper loading area, along approximately a 1,000' long haul road with an approximate 15% grade. Operator noticed a situation with the brake system on truck. As EE approached lower storage area EE was unable to stop. Operator diverted truck against stored material, contacting stored boulders, overturning dump bed and stopping.
2012 · 1 incident
April 25, 2012NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Loader operator slipped while descending equipment ladder, spraining right foot.
March 10, 2008NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While setting steel deck plate into position, contractor lost control of plate, allowing plate to shift/slide into ladder. This sudden movement dislodged worker off ladder, individual fell approx. 6'8" to ground.
2006 · 2 incidents
December 28, 2006NV · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
While changing out a damaged gear box, cleaning the shaft with a grinder, grinder bounced off the head pulley, kicking back and making contact with his left index finger. The incident opened a one inch gash which required 4 stitches to close.
July 14, 2006NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mechanic, after repairing /replacing screens on screen deck at old plant, had his finger (right pinky) push thru screen. Finger hit screen deck assembly and was broken. Emergency room visit was required where finger was isolated & splinted. On 7-20 surgery was performed on finger.
2005 · 1 incident
September 8, 2005NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTRIKING OR BUMPING
September 14, 2001NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LOOKED INTO REAR VIEW MIRROR WHILE BACKING UP TRUCK WHEN WIND BLEW DIRT INTO EYE.
January 24, 2001NV · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Rilite Aggregate · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE CHANGING BUCKET ON BOBCAT EMPLOYEE LOCKED THE LEVER IN PLACE AND BEFORE HE COULD REMOVE HIS HAND THE OPERATOR PULLED THE BUCKET BACK SMASHING HAND.
2000 · 6 incidents
October 29, 2000NV · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerOTHER
December 1, 1993NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DRIVING WATER TURCK AROUND PIT AND HIT A HOLE. THE TRUCK WAS FULL OF WATER AND IT SHOOK VERY VIGOROUSLY. EVEN THOUGH THE DRIVER DID HAVE HIS SEATBELT ON, HE WAS STILL THROWN ABOUT THE CAB.
May 14, 1993NV · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS LOOKING UNDER TRAILER TO CLEAN OFF SOME EXCESS MATERIAL. LOOKED UP AND HEAD HIT A PIECE OF EXPOSED STEEL CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE FOREHEAD.
March 9, 1993NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
JUMPING FROM ONE TRAILER TO OTHER SETTING CHAINS AND TWISTED ANKLE.
1989 · 1 incident
November 14, 1989NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT