Snelling Plant/George Reed Inc has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1990–2002
Latest incident
Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
118
citations
36
significant & substantial
$27,486
proposed penalties
$25,559
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,927 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: 525 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Snelling Plant/George Reed Inc has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
116 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-12-14.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 100%
75%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $6K 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 2009-12-24.
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: 2009-02-10, 17 years ago
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz61 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.8
0.43
1.86
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2009-02-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.86
0.41
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.51
0.35
Backhoe Operator
2005-02-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.65
0.18
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-02-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.41
0.63
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
1.04
0.37
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2014
0
2013
3
2012
3
2011
7
2010
6
2009
7
2008
6
2007
10
2006
5
2005
5
2004
4
2003
6
2002
6
2001
6
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Snelling Plant/George Reed Inc sits in Merced 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.
Merced County, California · Population 285,597
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$65,044
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
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
442
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
742
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
471
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
256
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
277
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
366
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2
408
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
402
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,102
3
0
2722.3
2011 Q3
1,153
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,393
4
2
2871.5
2011 Q1
1,142
1
0
875.7
2010 Q4
1,270
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,151
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,232
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,270
4
1
3149.6
2009 Q4
2,420
6
3
2479.3
2009 Q3
2,990
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,802
4
1
2219.8
2009 Q1
1,383
6
1
4338.4
2008 Q4
2,151
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,699
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
2,513
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1,815
9
4
4958.7
2007 Q4
2,045
10
2
4890.0
2007 Q3
4,949
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
8,867
6
2
676.7
2007 Q1
2,105
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,708
6
0
3512.9
2006 Q3
927
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
2,123
1
0
471.0
2006 Q1
2,463
2
0
812.0
2005 Q2
2,378
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,370
3
0
1265.8
2004 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
1,914
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,490
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,046
7
2
3421.3
2003 Q4
2,687
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,704
8
5
2958.6
2003 Q2
2,114
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,335
2
0
856.5
2002 Q4
1,919
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,159
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,768
14
6
5057.8
2002 Q1
2,160
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,977
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,819
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,674
2
0
747.9
2001 Q1
1,780
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,502
7
3
4660.5
2000 Q3
2,304
1
1
434.0
2000 Q2
2,326
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,963
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2002 · 1 incident
April 22, 2002CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
LEANING OVER METAL FRAME OF PLANT TO PLACE SCREEN INTO P0LANT. HE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO SCREEN TO GET IT IN PLACE. WHEN IT WENT INTO PLACE, IT CAUSED HIM TO LUNGE FORWARD INTO METAL FRAME O F PLANT WHICH HIT HIM IN HIS MID-SECTION ON HIS FRONT SIDE.
1999 · 3 incidents
December 20, 1999CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING DRIVER OF TRUCK TO LIFT UP TAILGATE, WHICH WAS NOT CLOSED COMPLETELY, AND LOOSE ROCK WAS FALLING OUT. THEY WERE LIFTING GATE WHEN IT GAVE AND EMPLOYEE GOT FINGER SMASHED.
THIS HAPPENED DURING HOURS OF THE BUSINESS BEING CLOSED. THE FIRE WAS ARSON. IT WAS SET BY SOMEONE COMING ON PROPERTY WHILE BUSINESS WAS CLOSED AND SETTING FIRE TO DO DAMAGE.
1998 · 2 incidents
June 11, 1998CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorELECTRICAL
LOWER BACK, LEFT LEG, & SCRATCHES & CUTS ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE & RT. ARM. WAS WELDING PLATE ON CRUSHER, PLATE CAME LOOSE AND KNOCKED HIM OFF PLANT ONTO GROUND.
1992 · 1 incident
March 13, 1992CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE CRAWLED OVER BELT IN ORDER TO REACH AROUND PROTECTIVE GUARD WITH SCREWDRIVER TO DISLODGE ROCK OBVIUOSLY HE DID A "DUMB" THING. ALL GUARDS WERE IN PLACE. EMPLOYEE HAVE BEEN WARNED REPE ATEDLY NOT TO GO NEAR ANY BELT WHILE RUNNING. ARM CAUGHT UNDER ROLLER.