Mining Incidents

SAN ANTONIO MATERIALS: 127 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

S L S & N Inc · Surface
Controlled by Steve Bubalo
Upland, San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405117

SAN ANTONIO MATERIALS has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1992–1998
Latest incident
Feb 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
127
citations
21
significant & substantial
$23,539
proposed penalties
$23,539
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
468
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: 468 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SAN ANTONIO MATERIALS has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
126 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $310 in penalties contested before the Commission, $310 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-06-02.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
12.7%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
32.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.3% low, 77.0% moderate, 12.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2004-396M Default Lesnick 2004 $310 → $310
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2009-04-15, 17 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.79 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.94 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.15 0.25 Truck Driver
2003-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.88 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.21 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.05 0.20 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

SAN ANTONIO MATERIALS recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.49 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
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. S L S & N Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 0
2009 6
2008 8
2007 8
2006 8
2005 9
2004 8
2003 10
2002 11
2001 11
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SAN ANTONIO MATERIALS 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
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,915 4 2 2088.8
2009 Q3 1,985 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,089 2 0 647.5
2009 Q1 2,882 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,137 5 1 1208.6
2008 Q3 4,431 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,129 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 3,785 2 0 528.4
2007 Q4 4,035 9 2 2230.5
2007 Q3 4,619 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,722 9 1 1906.0
2007 Q1 5,476 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,061 8 0 1580.7
2006 Q3 5,722 9 0 1572.9
2006 Q2 5,570 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,472 2 0 365.5
2005 Q4 4,403 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,404 6 0 1110.3
2005 Q2 5,152 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,448 6 0 1348.9
2004 Q4 5,070 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,450 11 0 2018.3
2004 Q2 5,412 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,408 4 0 739.6
2003 Q4 6,990 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,863 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,841 1 0 146.2
2003 Q1 6,136 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,281 2 0 318.4
2002 Q3 7,508 3 0 399.6
2002 Q2 8,227 12 2 1458.6
2002 Q1 8,299 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,371 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,833 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,764 23 9 2624.4
2001 Q1 7,793 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,339 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,496 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,116 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,413 4 2 539.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1998 · 1 incident

February 9, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
S L S & N Inc · Struck by falling object

PICKING OUT TRASH FROM SHAKER SCREEN. A LARGE PIECE OF ASPHALT BOUNCED UP & FELL ON TOP OF EE'S RT HAND. CUTS & FRACTURES.

1997 · 1 incident

October 17, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S L S & N Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE HE WAS GETTING INTO LOADER FOOT GOT STUCK AND HE FELL INTO THE DRIVE'S CABIN HEAD FIRST. HE TRIED TO BREAK FALL WITH LEFT HAND.

1996 · 1 incident

June 15, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
S L S & N Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRYING TO REMOVE STEEL BEAM FROM JAW CRUSHER. BEAM GOT STUCK IN THE FEED HOPPER AND LIFTED THE HOPPER. HIS LEFT FOOT GOT CAUGHT AND HE ALSO HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND WRIST.

1995 · 1 incident

March 14, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
S L S & N Inc · Struck by flying object

HEATING CHAIN LINK ON BULLDOZER, PLUG BLEW OUT AND SPRAYED PARTICLES IN BOTH EYES, CAUSING MULTIPLE ABRSIONS AND FOREIGN BODIES, BOTH EYES.

1994 · 2 incidents

July 15, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
S L S & N Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING A STEEL PLATE PC OF HOT METAL SHAVING FLEW INTO RT EAR

March 14, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S L S & N Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON CONVEYOR BELT THAT WAS DEENERGIZED AND LOCED OUT OF SERVICE REMOVING CONVEYOR TROUGH ROLLERROLLER DROPPED ON HIS LEFT HAND LACEARATION AND CONTUSION TO LEFT HAND.

1993 · 1 incident

February 6, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
S L S & N Inc · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED DOWN OFF OF BACKHOE & STEPPED ON ROCK-T3WISTED RT. ANKLE.

1992 · 1 incident

September 25, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
S L S & N Inc · Struck against a moving object

DURING THE COURSE OF OPERATING LOADER DEVELOPED PAIN IN UPPER BACK & RT. SHOULDER. BECAME SO PAINFUL AT ONE POINT HE COULD NOT MOVE RT ARM.