Mining Incidents

SANTA FE READYMIX: 151 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Santa Fe Aggregates · Surface
Controlled by Teichert Inc
Sanger, Fresno County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401722

SANTA FE READYMIX has $67K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
151
citations
69
significant & substantial
$67,138
proposed penalties
$59,698
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,440 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
807
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: 807 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SANTA FE READYMIX has $67K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$67K
proposed penalties
$60K
current assessed
$60K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
149 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $18K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-12-10.
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.
46.0%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
46.0%
reasonably likely or greater
55.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.0% low, 71.3% moderate, 16.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 83%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 17%
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%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $7K 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 2009-12-18.
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 2006-177M Settlement Bulluck 2006 $7K → $2K
WEST 2005-525M Settlement Melick 2006 $6K → $5K
WEST20020312M Settlement Melick 2002 $3K → $2K
WEST20020339M Settlement Manning 2002 $2K → $1K
WEST 2010-403M Withdrawal Bulluck 2011 $100 → $0
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: 2005-06-01, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.31 0.16 Shovel Operator
2005-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.5 0.34 Mechanic
2002-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Ownership history
  1. SANTA FE READYMIX 1950 to 2011
  2. Santa Fe Aggregates 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 3
2009 3
2008 6
2007 8
2006 7
2005 6
2004 6
2003 6
2002 6
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SANTA FE READYMIX sits in Fresno 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.
Fresno County, California · Population 1,012,152
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,434
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 Q3 2,319 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,151 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,059 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 971 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 435 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,575 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,712 2 1 1168.2
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 2,096 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,930 4 2 1365.2
2008 Q1 3,263 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,778 3 1 794.1
2007 Q3 3,369 17 4 5046.0
2007 Q2 3,781 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,673 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,919 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,291 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,434 4 2 1164.8
2006 Q1 3,559 12 1 3371.7
2005 Q4 3,569 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,724 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,517 17 12 4833.7
2005 Q1 3,544 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,282 23 16 7007.9
2004 Q3 3,784 14 8 3699.8
2004 Q2 3,772 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,493 7 4 2004.0
2003 Q4 3,300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,271 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,367 6 3 1782.0
2003 Q1 3,491 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,191 1 0 313.4
2002 Q3 3,467 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,476 6 2 1726.1
2002 Q1 3,435 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,468 4 2 1153.4
2001 Q3 3,194 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,204 16 5 4993.8
2001 Q1 4,176 4 1 957.9
2000 Q4 3,219 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,104 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,771 11 5 3969.7
2000 Q1 2,552 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.