Mining Incidents

Soiland Co., Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Soiland Co., Inc. · Surface
STONEY POINT, Sonoma County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0400284

Soiland Co., Inc. has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1993–2023
Latest incident
Oct 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
108
citations
18
significant & substantial
$25,053
proposed penalties
$24,552
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $501 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
1,046
inspection hours
10.3
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.
108 citations across 1,046 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Soiland Co., Inc. has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
107 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-21.
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
2025 Q4 7,405 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,070 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,406 1 0 135.0
2025 Q1 8,121 2 0 246.3
2024 Q4 7,643 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,293 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 9,330 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,716 5 0 573.7
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 9,198 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,983 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,825 3 1 339.9
2023 Q1 7,722 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,048 1 0 110.5
2022 Q3 9,891 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,740 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,912 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,798 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10,442 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,502 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 9,740 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,574 1 0 116.6
2020 Q3 9,592 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,093 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 8,860 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 10,438 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 11,750 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,123 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 9,634 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 10,368 1 0 96.5
2018 Q3 11,118 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 11,399 1 0 87.7
2018 Q1 11,767 1 0 85.0
2017 Q4 10,716 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 10,594 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10,657 1 0 93.8
2017 Q1 10,147 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 10,283 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,572 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 9,034 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 9,846 2 0 203.1
2015 Q4 8,248 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,625 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8,892 7 0 787.2
2015 Q1 9,191 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8,291 5 0 603.1
2014 Q3 8,829 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,880 2 2 225.2
2014 Q1 8,304 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 9,550 1 0 104.7
2013 Q3 7,673 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,598 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 7,113 3 0 421.8
2012 Q4 7,275 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,102 3 0 422.4
2012 Q2 6,380 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,246 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,520 3 0 460.1
2011 Q3 5,319 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,539 3 0 541.6
2011 Q1 5,221 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,805 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,178 1 0 161.9
2010 Q2 5,221 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,633 3 2 647.5
2009 Q4 4,894 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,844 3 0 619.3
2009 Q2 4,565 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,190 7 1 1670.6
2008 Q4 5,426 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,550 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,643 3 2 392.5
2008 Q1 7,683 9 2 1171.4
2007 Q4 8,852 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,142 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,021 7 2 698.5
2007 Q1 8,807 4 1 454.2
2006 Q4 9,247 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,098 1 0 109.9
2006 Q2 7,640 2 0 261.8
2006 Q1 6,749 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,857 2 1 225.8
2005 Q3 8,071 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,058 2 0 248.2
2005 Q1 7,083 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,315 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,540 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,450 4 0 536.9
2004 Q1 6,524 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 605 1 1 1652.9
2003 Q3 4,827 3 1 621.5
2003 Q2 6,224 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,824 2 1 293.1
2002 Q4 6,780 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,506 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,197 1 0 161.4
2002 Q1 5,945 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,280 3 1 412.1
2001 Q3 11,217 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,506 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,013 1 0 124.8
2000 Q4 9,074 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,466 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,603 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,902 3 0 434.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2023 · 1 incident

October 27, 2023 CA · Metal/Non-Metal sweeper operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soiland Co., Inc. · Rubbed or abraded

Employee stated they had a cut on left hand & thigh (doesn't know how they got there) and when cleaning the hopper on the sweeper with the non-potable water, water got into both cuts. Employee indicated that the non-potable water caused an infection.

2022 · 1 incident

October 3, 2022 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soiland Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

The employee was conducting plant maintenance. The employee was pushing on lever to operate a gate door on screen 1. Lever would not move the gate due to debris around the gate. The employee pushed harder on the lever to get the gate to move. The employee felt a sharp pain in the lower back at the time the gate finally moved into the desired position.

2021 · 1 incident

December 8, 2021 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Soiland Co., Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was cutting a conveyor belt on the ground. Employee knelt down onto a nail that was still in the mat that was used to secure the conveyor belt while in its rolled up position. Employee sustained a puncture wound to EE's left knee.

2012 · 1 incident

October 1, 2012 CA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soiland Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was doing her daily weighmaster scale duties when she started to say her left hand hurt.

2011 · 1 incident

January 10, 2011 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Soiland Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had belt on the ground. Cutting with left hand using a utility knife, when the knife jumped over the straight edge & cut inner top part of right thumb.

2010 · 1 incident

September 24, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soiland Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Steel fabricating all morning while installing part I got a sliver of debris in my eye.

2008 · 1 incident

September 26, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Soiland Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was working at her computer when she noticed that her right hand was hurting and swollen.

2007 · 4 incidents

December 28, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soiland Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was washing his face after grinding a pulley and got some fines and dust in his left eye.

October 24, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soiland Co., Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee used head of left foot to stomp down on lever locking bucket on bobcat.

August 13, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Soiland Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was clearing trees and brush with a chain saw. While clearing debris with his right hand, he held the running saw with his left hand and it touched his leg.

June 28, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man OTHER
Soiland Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was hand pickng debris ofof conveyor belt. Wind was blowing cross ways. Debris got in the side of the glasses and rock or debris was under his eye. Flushed at eye wash station and used another eye wash at home but still sore next day.

2006 · 2 incidents

July 21, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Soiland Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was helping load a piece of equipment into a trailer with a crane when the equipment swung left pinning his inner left leg against trailer wall.

April 14, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soiland Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

Mechanic fell as a result of pulling on a piece of metal while testing integrity of the weld. Said employee fell to the ground and was struck by the metal in the back and neck after hitting the ground.

2005 · 2 incidents

August 11, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soiland Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting camper shell onto truck bed. After putting camper shell on truck bed EE had a sharp shooting pain in r upper shoulder.

March 11, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soiland Co., Inc. · Struck by flying object

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE BELTS ON THE JAW CRUSHER, THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPOSITIONED. WHILE REPOSITIONING THE MOTOR, A BOLT BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE MOTOR TO FALL, SMASHING EE FINGER BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND GUARD

1997 · 1 incident

February 26, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Soiland Co., Inc. · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO TIE OFF AT TOP WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED, SENDING HIM TO THE GRAVEL SURFACE BELOW. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT HE HAD FRACTURED HIS RIGHT ARM.

1995 · 3 incidents

November 6, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soiland Co., Inc. · Struck by powered moving object

UNCHAINING A BUNDLE OF 12 X 12 CRIBING THAT HAD BEEN MOVED WITH TO 988B CAT LOADER. ONE ROLLED OFF THE STACK & LANDED ON THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

September 19, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soiland Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE FAILED TO TURN ON MAIN CRUSHER BEFORE OPERATION BEGAN, CAUSING THE CONE TO FILL WITH 8" TO 6" ROCK. ROCK HAD TO BE REMOVED BY HAND. WHILE REMOVING ROCK A ROCK FELL ON HAND SMASHING MI DDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND.

September 13, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soiland Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WENT TO PICK UP A 2# HAND GRINDER TO USE ON A LOADER, FELT A SHARP PAIN IN BACK. MENTIONED PAIN TO OTHER EMPLOYEE, DID NOT REPORT TO SUPERVISOR UNTIL 6:15PM. AT THIS TIME HE WAS TOLD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO HAVE IT CHECKED.

1994 · 1 incident

May 11, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Soiland Co., Inc. · Fall from ladders

EE FAILED TO SECURE LADDER WITH ROPE BEFOR GREASING APRON FEEDER. LADDER SLIPPED AND EE FELL APPROX. 8 T 10' TO GROUND BELOW. ABRASION TO LEFT EYEBROW, 3 STITCHES REQUIRED--LEFT WIRST AND CHES T SORE FROM FALL.

1993 · 1 incident

April 9, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Soiland Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A ROCK JAM IN MAIN CRUSHER WITH A CROW BAR. THE CROW BAR SLIPPED SMASHING HIS FINGERNAIL ON THIRD FINGER RIGHT HAND.

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