Mining Incidents

Wyroc Lake Street Portable Plant: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Wyroc Inc · Surface
Controlled by Jeff C Halloran
Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405065

Wyroc Lake Street Portable Plant has $905 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1992–2003
Latest incident
Apr 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
16
citations
0
significant & substantial
$905
proposed penalties
$905
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
10
inspections on record
126
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: 126 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wyroc Lake Street Portable Plant has $905 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$905
proposed penalties
$905
current assessed
$905
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-10-07.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
18.8%
high negligence or reckless
6.2%
reasonably likely or greater
18.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 68.8% moderate, 18.8% 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: 2003-10-08, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.41 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 1.38 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.17 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.77 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.05 0.21 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.
Ownership history
  1. Wyroc Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 8
2002 9
2001 10
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wyroc Lake Street Portable Plant sits in Riverside 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.
Riverside County, California · Population 2,449,909
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$89,672
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
2003 Q4 3,295 4 0 1214.0
2003 Q3 3,137 1 0 318.8
2003 Q2 3,599 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,839 3 0 781.5
2002 Q4 4,199 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,363 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,288 1 0 233.2
2002 Q1 4,464 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 4,277 2 0 467.6
2001 Q3 5,065 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,617 2 0 433.2
2001 Q1 3,857 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,479 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,963 3 0 757.0
2000 Q2 3,881 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,124 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2003 · 1 incident

April 16, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyroc Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE FROM AROUND PLANT AREA, SOME TIME LATER HE COMPLAINED OF IRRITATION IN HIS ELBOW.

2002 · 1 incident

June 1, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyroc Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON 39L DOZER, REMOVING TRACK FROM DOZER, HE RESTED HIS LEFT HAND ON TRACK WHEN UNBOLTING, TRACK SEPARATED AND PINCHED RING FINGER BETWEEN PADS ON TRACK. HE LOST HIS NAIL AND SKI N OFF TIP AND SIDE OF FINGER.

1998 · 1 incident

December 21, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyroc Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ASSISTING THE REMOVAL OF A BRAKE DRUM AND HUB WHEN IT CAME FREE FROM THE BRAKE SHOES. IT ROLLED IN THE PATH OF THE EE AND FELL ON HIS LEG.

1997 · 1 incident

May 7, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Wyroc Inc · Struck by falling object

THE CRUSHER WAS PLUGGED WITH A LARGE ROCK. EE WAS ASSISTING IN UNPLUGGING IT. AFTER THE CRUSHER WAS CLEAR, THE EE WAS LEAVING THAT AREA. HE PUT HIS HAND IN AN UNSAFE AREA OF THE CRUSHER AND A ROCK STRUCK HIS HAND.

1996 · 1 incident

April 19, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wyroc Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A 2" X 12" X 5' PIECE OF LUMBER WAS MOUNTED ON ACONVEYOR. IT CAME LOOSE AND WAS BOUNCING AROUND.WHEN EMP GRABBED IT A ROCK GOT WEDGED BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE BELT AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.

1994 · 1 incident

June 17, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wyroc Inc · Struck by falling object

A METAL PLATE WAS BEING LOWERED INTO PLACE WITHA COM-A-LONG WHEN HTE LIFTING POINT WEAKENED AND THE METAL PLATE PULLED THROUGH. WHEN THE PLATE OF METAL FELL THEEMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND A PIECE OF STEEL FELL ON HIS LEG.

1992 · 1 incident

January 30, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyroc Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF IRON. HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.