Mining Incidents

Syndex Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Syndex LLC · Surface
Controlled by David Silberstein
Buttonwillow, Kern County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405697

Syndex Sand & Gravel has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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 2006
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,086
proposed penalties
$677
paid to date
22% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,409 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
16
inspections on record
144
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: 144 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Syndex Sand & Gravel has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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
$677
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-03.
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
2010 Q4 0 1 0
2010 Q3 800 2 0 2500.0
2010 Q2 1,504 5 3 3324.5
2010 Q1 1,606 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,326 1 1 429.9
2009 Q3 2,772 1 0 360.8
2009 Q2 2,476 1 0 403.9
2009 Q1 2,836 1 0 352.6
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 3,321 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,350 1 0 425.5
2008 Q2 2,213 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,168 1 0 461.3
2007 Q4 2,933 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,374 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,310 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,216 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,947 1 0 253.4
2006 Q3 658 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.

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