Omya California operator
Controlled by
Omya Industries Inc
MSHA operator ID: L05984
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 173
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 1983–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
62
citations
5
significant & substantial
$11,200
proposed penalties
$6,967
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,233 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
798
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: 798 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$11K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-12-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 76 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 26 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 20 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 16 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 14 non-fatal
- OTHER 10 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2009
1
2008
5
2007
5
2006
4
2005
7
2004
10
2003
5
2002
7
2001
7
2000
4
1999
6
1998
5
1997
7
1996
5
1995
8
1994
5
1993
11
1992
1
1991
6
1990
8
1989
15
1988
16
1987
9
1986
9
1985
3
1984
2
1983
2
Mines on record
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