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Westside Aggregate: 54 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Westside Aggregate · Surface
Controlled by William R Schmitt
ANDERSEN, Shasta County, CA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0405280

Westside Aggregate has $7K 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
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
54
citations
17
significant & substantial
$6,949
proposed penalties
$6,826
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $123 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Westside Aggregate's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
59
inspections on record
571
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: 571 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Westside Aggregate has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $458 in penalties contested before the Commission, $335 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-30.
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.
31.5%
significant & substantial
3.7%
high negligence or reckless
31.5%
reasonably likely or greater
55.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.0% low, 83.3% moderate, 3.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 75%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 25%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
27%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$458 proposed, $335 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 2020-12-15.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2012-200M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $127 → $127
WEST 2021-0077 Dismissal Miller 2021 $123 → $0
WEST 2010-799M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $108 → $108
WEST 2010-12M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-10-30
13
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2022-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2009-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-01-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2001-01-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-01-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline 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.
Ownership history
  1. Westside Aggregate 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 3
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 4
2012 3
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
2008 5
2007 5
2006 5
2005 5
2004 5
2003 4
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Westside Aggregate sits in Shasta 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.
Shasta County, California · Population 181,554
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,931
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 772 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 751 1 0 1331.6
2025 Q3 910 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 769 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 678 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 807 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,086 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 775 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 761 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 414 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 949 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,041 2 0 1921.2
2022 Q2 1,010 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 738 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 832 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 939 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,412 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,071 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,616 1 0 618.8
2020 Q3 1,307 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 983 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,658 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,193 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 614 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,035 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,007 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 850 1 0 1176.5
2017 Q1 1,002 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,162 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 997 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,153 2 2 1734.6
2015 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,144 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,360 1 0 735.3
2014 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,139 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 965 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,054 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 884 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,392 1 1 718.4
2013 Q2 1,042 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 878 2 1 2277.9
2012 Q4 879 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 871 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 880 2 1 2272.7
2011 Q4 1,090 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,586 1 0 630.5
2011 Q2 1,233 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 645 1 1 1550.4
2010 Q4 718 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 483 7 2 14492.8
2010 Q2 406 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 831 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,500 4 2 2666.7
2009 Q3 1,309 1 0 763.9
2009 Q2 1,203 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,196 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,276 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,013 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,132 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,265 2 1 883.0
2007 Q4 1,860 1 1 537.6
2007 Q3 2,787 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,636 3 1 1138.1
2007 Q1 1,859 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,794 1 0 357.9
2006 Q3 2,749 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,070 1 0 325.7
2006 Q1 1,846 1 0 541.7
2005 Q4 2,989 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,582 1 0 387.3
2005 Q2 2,107 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,562 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,748 1 1 363.9
2004 Q3 2,630 1 0 380.2
2004 Q2 1,690 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,734 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,988 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,381 2 1 840.0
2003 Q2 1,031 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,973 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,549 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,940 2 0 1030.9
2002 Q2 1,467 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,769 1 0 565.3
2001 Q4 1,670 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 970 1 0 1030.9
2001 Q1 1,751 2 0 1142.2
2000 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,460 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,420 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,150 4 1 3478.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

June 5, 2023 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westside Aggregate · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee picked up a twenty pound guard wrench which hurt employee's shoulder.