Mining Incidents

Smith Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Templeton, San Luis Obispo County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405647

Smith Sand Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2005
24
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,523
proposed penalties
$2,523
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
21
inspections on record
230
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: 230 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Smith Sand Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-05-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2024 Q2 0 1 0
2024 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 112 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 158 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 57 1 0 17543.9
2022 Q1 94 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 179 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 138 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 149 1 0 6711.4
2020 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 60 1 0 16666.7
2019 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 313 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2 2 0 1000000.0
2017 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 176 1 1 5681.8
2016 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 37 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 87 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 71 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 232 4 0 17241.4
2014 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 139 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 28 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 53 1 0 18867.9
2009 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 321 2 0 6230.5
2008 Q3 436 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 134 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 559 4 0 7155.6
2007 Q3 352 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 174 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 502 1 0 1992.0
2006 Q3 785 4 2 5095.5
2006 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 227 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 806 1 0 1240.7

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.

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