ROYAL CEMENT COMPANY, INC. has $172K in proposed MSHA penalties and $71K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
44
Years on record
1987–2003
Latest incident
May 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
152
citations
46
significant & substantial
$171,661
proposed penalties
$1,990
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $169,671 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: 696 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
ROYAL CEMENT COMPANY, INC. has $172K in proposed MSHA penalties and $71K outstanding across 6 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.
$172K
proposed penalties
$73K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$71K
outstanding
148 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $152K in penalties contested before the Commission, $33K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-08-18.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 50%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 50%
70%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$202 proposed, $60 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2008-12-03.
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
60%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz53 over
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-03-12
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
31.54
10
3.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-12
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
24.05
10
2.41
Mechanic
2003-03-12
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
394.6
10
39.46
Utility Man
2003-07-29
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
6.06
10
0.61
Utility Man
2003-07-29
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.18
10
0.22
Mechanic
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.
ROYAL CEMENT COMPANY, INC. recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.51 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
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
2.16
0.00
0.000
2001
10.15
1.69
0.000
2000
9.27
3.09
1.545
* 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
2008
0
2007
12
2003
35
2002
46
2001
49
2000
53
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
ROYAL CEMENT COMPANY, INC. sits in Clark County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Clark County, Nevada · Population 2,293,764
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,845
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
EE WAS COLLECTING DUST SAMPLES AND HE WAS FOUND IN THE DUST APPROXIAMEATELY THREE FEET DEEP AND THE DUST WAS HOT. INOFRMATION RECEIVED FROM THE DR THROUGH ONE OF THE COMPANY INVESTORS INDICATE S THE EE MAY HAVE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK BEFORETHE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HELP ARRIVED QUICKLY AND THE EE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
July 1, 1999NV · Metal/Non-Metalelectrician, linemanFatality · ELECTRICAL
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS CHECKING THE TRANSFORMER LOCATED AT LC2 TO SEE IF NEWLY PURCHASED TRANSFORMER COULD BE RETROFITTED. IT APPEARS THE VICTIM WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN COMING INTO CONTACT WITH 4160/480 VAC, THE HANDLE TO THE SQUARE D 4160 VAC DISCONNECT THAT PROVIDES POWER TO THE TRANSFORMER HAD BEEN LOCKED OUT IN THE OFF POSITION. THE SHIELD BLADES WE
Reportable incidents
42 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2003 · 5 incidents
May 14, 2003NV · Metal/Non-Metalelectrician, linemanMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON RAW MILL CLUTCH WITH A PROPANE TORCH AND THE TORCH FLARED AND RELEASED PARTICLES THAT FLEW INTO EYE, EMBEDDED OBJECT IN LEFT EYE WAS REMOVED.
February 12, 2003NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS INSTALLING SPROCKET IN COUNTERWEIGHT FOR BUCKET ELEVATOR, SLIPPED & THE SPROCKET HIT HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A FRACTURED LEFT RING FINGER.
February 7, 2003NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE INSTALLING BRICK INTO THE KILN, HE GOT DUST IN HIS EYES. HE DID NOT NOTIFY US ABOUT THE DOCTOR'S NOTE UNTIL 2-14-03. HE WENT TO A DIFFERENT DOCTORE, THEN THE DOCTOR WE USE.
WAS JACKING UP A PIECE OF METAL WITH A COME-A-LONG AND IT SLIPPED & POPPED HIM IN THE FACE MAKING A SMALL CUT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE BETWEEN EYEBROWS REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
January 12, 2003NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EE RECEIVED 10 STITCHES IN LEFT KNEE. EE WAS OUT OF WORK AREA, COMMITTED UNSAFE ACT & GOT HURT. EE WAS GETTING CLINKER SAMPLE FROM AN AREA THE WAS CLOSED LOCATED AT THE BACK END OF CLINKER COO LER. EE CHANGED SAMPLE PICK UP ON HER OWN. EE WAS WRITTEN UP ON MATTER.
2001 · 6 incidents
October 22, 2001NV · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerELECTRICAL
THE SUPERVISOR WAS INSTALLING A FUSE IN FUSE HOLDER. HIS HAND SLIPPED AND MADE CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL POWER. IN PULLING HIMSELF OFF HE SLIPPED & FELL CUTTING THE SIDE OF HIS FACE ON JUNCTION BOX. ELEVEN STITCHES WERE PUT IN HIS FACE AT THEHOSPITAL.
EE WAS THE LOADER OPERATOR SAW THE FINISH MILL RECALIM HOPPER WAS STOPPED UP, SO HE CLIMBED UP AND REACHED INSIDE THE HOPPER WHILE THE BELT WAS STILL RUNNING THE TRY AND MOVE THE LARGE CHUNKS OF ROCK. THIS CAUSED THE CHUNKS TO BREAK QUICKLY CATCHING HIS HAND AND WRIST BEFORE HE COULD PULL THEM OUT, RESULTING IN A MAJOR LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND.
March 9, 2001NV · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY
EE WAS DRILLING HOLE IN CINDER BLOCK WALL AND THE DRILL GOT HUNG UP KICKING BACK INTO HIS FACE. LACERATION TO LEFT SIDE OF UPPER AND LOWER LIP. 5 STITCHES TOTAL-3 ON UPPER LIP AND 2 ON LOWER L IP.
2000 · 5 incidents
November 9, 2000NV · Metal/Non-Metalelectrician, linemanMACHINERY
EE WAS COUPLING A 2" DIAMETER AIR LINE UP AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT. LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CUT AT FINGER TIP REQUIRING 4 TICHES. THE FINGER TIP WAS ALSO CRACKED AT BONE.
October 11, 2000NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
WHILE MOVING 4" DIAMETER STEEL USED FOR HOLDING FM MOTOR IN PLACE TO WORK ON CLUTCH, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT PINKY WAS CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT OF BAR ANDBUILDING STRUCTURE. THIS SMASHED HIS RIGHT PINKY CUTTING THE FLESH. EMPLOYEE HAD 10 STICHES TO CLOSE THE CUT.
May 12, 2000NV · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY
EE WENT TO SOUTH PRECIP. ROTARY CLOSEST TO STACK, REMOVED GUARD TO SEE WHE ROTARY WAS NOT TURNING, AND THE ROTARY STARTED TURNING. THE EE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGH IN THE PINCH POINT BETWE EN THE DRIVE CHAIN AND SPROCKET. EE'S LEFT INDEX FINGERNAIL AND PORTION OF FLESH WAS NIPPED OFF.
May 10, 2000NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
EE WAS CHIPPING BUILD UP FROM FINISH MILL ELEVATOR FLANGE SO HE COULD REPAIR HOLE IN HOUSING. SMALL PARTICLE OF CEMENT BUILD UP GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, WELDING H OOD. THE WINDS WERE GUSTING UP TO 40 MILES PER HOUR WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ACCIDENT. EE TAKEN TO EYE DR, PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS.
1999 · 1 incident
September 9, 1999NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AROUND GYPSUM/CLINKERBELT AREA, HE GOT GYPSUM DUST PARTICLES IN HIS RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, HARD HAT AND STEEL TOED BOOTS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO OPTOMETRIST AND A PARTICLE WAS REMOVED FROM HIS EYE. PARTICLE WAS IMBEDDED.
1998 · 1 incident
January 26, 1998NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEEWAS LIFTING A GRATE ON THE FINISH MILL. HE WAS RAISING IT UP ABOUT 15 FT. USING A CHAIN HAND OVER HAND. THE GRATE WEIGHED ABOUT 200 LBS. EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE CHIROPRACTOR ON 2/9/98. SA W THE REGULAR DOCTOR BEFORE THAT.
1997 · 3 incidents
November 28, 1997NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON