San Joaquin Sand & Gravel has $18K 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
19
Years on record
1984–1998
Latest incident
Sep 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
51
citations
14
significant & substantial
$17,994
proposed penalties
$15,832
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,162 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: 121 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 Joaquin Sand & Gravel has $18K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-06-11.
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.
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: 2001-03-14, 25 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2001-03-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-03-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
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 Joaquin Sand & Gravel recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ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 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.20 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
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2003
13
2002
17
2001
23
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
San Joaquin Sand & Gravel sits in Madera County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Madera County, California · Population 158,790
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$75,496
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
2003 Q2
6,076
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
6,582
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,246
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,039
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
8,502
3
0
352.9
2002 Q1
8,816
16
5
1814.9
2001 Q4
11,590
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
9,106
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2
9,649
11
3
1140.0
2001 Q1
8,376
7
2
835.7
2000 Q4
8,139
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,340
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,692
11
3
2344.4
2000 Q1
4,355
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
19 on file
1998 · 1 incident
September 15, 1998CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
HE WAS DUMPING PIT MATERIAL INTO THE PLANT. SOME MATERIAL HUNG UP IN THE TRIALER AND WHEN HE MADE A DOWN HILL RIGHT HAND TURN THE TRAILER AND TRUCK OVER TURNED.
HE WAS CLEANING THE SHAFT ON THE 1 X 4 BELT, WITH A WIRE BRUSH ABOVE HIS HEAD WHEN FALLING MATERIAL LANDED BETWEEN HIS FACE AND GLASSES AND ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.
April 26, 1993CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE WAS DOING MAINTENANE ON 3 DECK SCREEN ON PLAN T #1 WHEN HE SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIMSELF & HIT HIS KNEE ON A WATER BAR CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE LEFT KNEE
HE WAS DRIVING THE BOTTOM DUMP PIT TRUCK FROM THE PIT TO THE ROCK PLANT WHEN THE STEERING ARM BROKE OFF OF THE BALL SOCKET AT THE FRONT AXLE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO LOSE CONTROL & OVERTURN OVER T HE BANK
1991 · 2 incidents
May 31, 1991CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS USING A END WRENCH AND RACHET TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON A WIPER FOR A 30 FT CONVEYOR WITH ONE END ON THE GROUND THE OTHER END OF THE SERVICE TRUCK IT SLIPPED OFF SMASHING HIS 4TH FINGER ON HI S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN IT AND THE GROUND.
1989 · 3 incidents
August 30, 1989CA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE WAS PUTTING A SERVICE BASKET ON THE BOOM OF THE SERVICE TRUCK TO SERVICE CONVERS ON THE ROCK PLANT HE WAS IN THE LOADER BUCKET TO DO THIS HE UNCHAINED THE BASKET FROM THE BUCKET & MOVE THE BASKET WHICH WAS IN A BIND IT BROKE LOOSE & BOUNCED HIM OUT OF THE BUCKET ONTO THE GROUND
August 28, 1989CA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS CLEANING FLOOR AROUND FEED CONV WHILE TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING ON CONV A TENSION BAR STRAP FELL & STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD HE RECV.ON SITE FIRST AID & REFUSED MEDICAL AID U NTIL HE WENT HOME HIS HARD HAT WAS REMOVED AT THE TIME
1988 · 2 incidents
November 10, 1988CA · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerOTHER
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER SAND CONVEYOR TRY TO GET IT TO MOVE AFTER IT HAD PLUGGED WITH SAND. IT HAD SLACK & THEN TIGHTENED UP AND JAMMED HIS NECK & BACK AND CAUSED A STRAIN.