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Sylmar Site: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

C & M Topsoil, Inc. · Surface
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405943

Sylmar Site has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Feb 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
14
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,867
proposed penalties
$2,716
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See C & M Topsoil, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
12
inspections on record
158
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: 158 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sylmar Site has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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
$151
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-23.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
35.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 64.3% low, 28.6% moderate, 7.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2024-02-16
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-02-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2020-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
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. C & M Topsoil, Inc. 2019 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 4
2023 4
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sylmar Site sits in Los Angeles 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.
Los Angeles County, California · Population 9,848,406
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$87,760
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
2026 Q2 1,304 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,342 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,236 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,180 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,515 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,647 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,602 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,709 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,731 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,159 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,481 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,548 1 0 646.0
2023 Q2 1,692 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,319 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,459 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,546 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,508 1 0 663.1
2022 Q1 1,469 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,420 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,646 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,635 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,471 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,434 3 1 2092.1
2020 Q3 1,622 4 2 2466.1
2020 Q2 1,564 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,496 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,156 4 1 3460.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

February 18, 2023 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & M Topsoil, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee filled fuel tank of the crusher and did cleanout behind the tank. The tank swings out for access. EE was pushing the fuel tank back into place but caught EE's hand near the latch. It pinched between the tank and latch. Employee had gloves on but ended up with an open wound on EE's finger. Sent to emergency room to get the finger stitched.