Mining Incidents

HJ HOVE Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robar Enterprises Inc
Indio, Riverside County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0401854

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2001–2020
Latest incident
Aug 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
248
citations
60
significant & substantial
$234,780
proposed penalties
$182,827
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 10,066 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,313 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,973 2 0 222.9
2025 Q1 8,123 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,329 8 1 774.5
2024 Q3 9,134 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 573 1 0 1745.2
2024 Q1 7,209 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 18, 2020 CA · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Hi-Grade Materials Co. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee clearing crusher, rock came down chute and entrapped employee in crusher.

Reportable incidents

9 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2008 · 1 incident

October 27, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Granite Construction Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

While cutting a plate with a torch, flames followed the fumes into his glove and burned his left hand fingers, middle & ring.

2007 · 1 incident

July 20, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was changing the teeth on the bucket of the excavator. He was loosening a tooth with a sledge hammer. A small piece of metal broke off and struck the employee in the stomach.

2005 · 1 incident

April 20, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

operating a loader in the yard. When he stood up, he felt numbness in leg and back.

2003 · 2 incidents

March 25, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Granite Construction Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

SHOVELING MATERIALS AND A WASP BIT HIS RT. HAND.

2002 · 3 incidents

August 2, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS HAULING MATERIAL IN A HAUL TRUCK FROM THE PIT TO THE JAW, STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK AT SOME POINT DURING THE SHIFT.

July 15, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK & WENT UNDER AN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR WITH THE BED UP, RESULTING IN A SUDDEN STOP, INJURING EE'S BACK & HIPS.

July 8, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Granite Construction Company · Contact with heat

EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS IN THE WET PLANT WHEN HE STARTED FEELING DIZZY, NAUSEOUS AND EXPERIENCING A HEADACHE. TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME WAS 110 DEGREES F. WITH HIGH HUMIDITY. EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR HEAT EXHAUSTION AND RELEASED.

2001 · 1 incident

October 12, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PRYING STUCK MATERIAL FROM AJW WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED FORWARD CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PRYBAR AND A CROSS MEMBER OF THE JAW.