EX-15.1 16 d329470dex151.htm MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION SAFETY DATA Mine safety and health administration safety data

Exhibit 15.1

Disclosure of Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) Safety Data

Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”) requires certain disclosures by companies required to file periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that operate mines regulated under the Mine Act. CEMEX’s U.S. quarry and mining operations are subject to MSHA regulation under the U.S. Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the “Mine Act”). MSHA inspects our U.S. quarries and mines on a regular basis and issues various citations and orders when it believes a violation has occurred under the Mine Act. Whenever MSHA issues a citation or order, it also generally proposes a civil penalty, or fine, related to the alleged violation. Citations or orders can be contested and appealed, and as part of that process, are often reduced in severity and amount, and are sometimes dismissed.

In January 2012, the SEC issued final rules and regulations implementing the mine safety disclosure requirements of Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act. Pursuant to those rules and regulations, we have provided the information below for mining operations in the United States only. The Dodd-Frank Act and the implementing rules and regulations thereunder do not apply to mining and quarry operations outside the U.S.

The information in the table below reflects citations and orders MSHA issued to our U.S. subsidiaries during the year ended December 31, 2011. The data was compiled primarily from the data maintained on MSHA’s public website as of April 12, 2012. In evaluating this information, consideration should also be given to factors such as: (i) the number of citations and orders may vary depending on the size and operation of the mine, (ii) the number of citations issued may vary from inspector to inspector and mine to mine, and (iii) citations and orders may be contested and appealed, and in that process, may be reduced in severity and amount, and may be dismissed.

 

 

    Mine  ID number(1)           Mine or Operating Name      

Section
104
Significant
and
Substantial
    Citations (2)    

 

  

Section
104(b)
  Orders (3)  

 

  

Section
104(d)
Citations
and
  Orders  (4)  

 

  

Section
110(b)(2)
  Violations(5)  

 

  

Section
107(a)
    Orders(6)     

 

  

Total dollar
value of
MSHA
  assessments  
proposed(7)

 

    

Total
number

of

Mining
Related
  Fatalities  

 

  

Received
Notice of
Pattern of
  Violations  
Under
Section
104(e)
yes/no

 

  

Received
Notice of
Potential to
Have Pattern
under section
104(e)
yes/no

 

1500040

 

  

Kosmos Cement Battletown Quarry

 

   1   0   0   0   0     583      0   no   no

3503596

 

  

West Salem Aggregate

 

   1   0   0   0   0     1,565      0   no   no

3300161

 

  

Cemex Fairborn Cement Plant

 

   2   0   0   0   0     1,024      0   no   no

4000840

 

  

Knoxville Cement Plant

 

   5   0   0   0   0     14,632      0   no   no

 

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    Mine  ID number(1)           Mine or Operating Name      

Section
104
Significant
and
Substantial
    Citations (2)    

 

  

Section
104(b)
  Orders (3)  

 

  

Section
104(d)
Citations
and
  Orders  (4)  

 

  

Section
110(b)(2)
  Violations(5)  

 

  

Section
107(a)
    Orders(6)     

 

  

Total dollar
value of
MSHA
  assessments  
proposed(7)

 

    

Total
number

of

Mining
Related
  Fatalities  

 

  

Received
Notice of
Pattern of
  Violations  
Under
Section
104(e)
yes/no

 

  

Received
Notice of
Potential to
Have Pattern
under section
104(e)
yes/no

 

4402341

 

  

Eden Quarry

   0   0   0   0   0     1,268      0   no   no

800024

 

  

Brooksville Quarry

   0   0   0   0   0     562      0   no   no

800075

 

  

St Catherine Mine

   0   0   0   0   0     200      0   no   no

800800

 

  

Brooksville Cement Plant

   1   0   0   0   0     634      0   no   no

801035

 

  

Inglis Quarry

   1   0   0   0   0     748      0   no   no

801269

 

  

Lake Wales Sand Mine

   0   0   0   0   0     100      0   no   no

801271

 

  

Davenport Sand Mine

   0   0   0   0   0     100      0   no   no

3800127

 

  

Deerfield Sand

   1   0   0   0   0     262      0   no   no

800046

 

  

Miami Cement Plant

   3   0   0   0   1     48,576      0   no   no

402763

 

  

Cache Creek Quarry

   0   0   0   0   0     5,740      0   no   no

401891

 

  

Eliot Plant

   15   0   4   0   0     50,908      0   no   no

401897

 

  

Rockfield Plant

   0   0   0   0   0     570      0   no   no

402843

 

  

Lapis Plant

   1   0   0   0   0     2,947      0   no   no

403623

 

  

Red Hill

   1   0   0   0   0     2,095      0   no   no

404140

 

  

Moorpark Quarry

   1   0   0   0   0     685      0   no   no

405216

 

  

Lytle Creek Pit

   1   0   0   0   0     408      0   no   no

 

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    Mine  ID number(1)           Mine or Operating Name      

Section
104
Significant
and
Substantial
    Citations (2)    

 

  

Section
104(b)
  Orders (3)  

 

  

Section
104(d)
Citations
and
  Orders  (4)  

 

  

Section
110(b)(2)
  Violations(5)  

 

  

Section
107(a)
    Orders(6)     

 

  

Total dollar
value of
MSHA
  assessments  
proposed(7)

 

    

Total
number

of

Mining
Related
  Fatalities  

 

  

Received
Notice of
Pattern of
  Violations  
Under
Section
104(e)
yes/no

 

  

Received
Notice of
Potential to
Have Pattern
under section
104(e)
yes/no

 

800078

 

  

Alico Road Quarry

   1   0   0   0   0     460      0   no   no

800511

 

  

Card Sound Quarry

   1   0   0   0   0     200      0   no   no

800519

 

  

FEC Quarry

   5   0   0   0   0     5,583      0   no   no

800918

 

  

S C L Quarry

   0   0   0   0   0     100      0   no   no

801015

 

  

Krome Quarry

   0   0   0   0   0     300      0   no   no

801216

 

  

Palmdale Sand Mine

   0   0   0   0   0     238      0   no   no

801287

 

  

Brooksville South Cement Plant

   4   0   0   0   0     9,566      0   no   no

400173

 

  

Clayton Plant

   10   0   0   0   0     54,489      0   no   no

400281

 

  

Victorville Cement Plant

   6   0   0   0   0     4,672      0   no   no

401895

 

  

Tracy Kerlinger Plant

   2   0   0   0   0     3,339      0   no   no

401896

 

  

Lemon Cove Plant

   1   0   0   0   0     4,974      0   no   no

403871

 

  

Mayhew Plant

   0   0   0   0   0     100      0   no   no

405701

 

  

Black Mountain Quarry

   21   0   3   0   0     60,723      0   no   no

2600789

 

  

CEMEX - Paiute Pit

   8   0   0   0   0     4,436      0   no   no

2602082

 

  

CEMEX - Sierra Stone Quarry

   4   0   0   0   0     9,620      0   no   no

3503508

 

  

Canby Pit

   0   0   0   0   0     400      0   no   no

 

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    Mine  ID number(1)           Mine or Operating Name      

Section
104
Significant
and
Substantial
    Citations (2)    

 

  

Section
104(b)
  Orders (3)  

 

  

Section
104(d)
Citations
and
  Orders  (4)  

 

  

Section
110(b)(2)
  Violations(5)  

 

  

Section
107(a)
    Orders(6)     

 

  

Total dollar
value of
MSHA
  assessments  
proposed(7)

 

    

Total
number

of

Mining
Related
  Fatalities  

 

  

Received
Notice of
Pattern of
  Violations  
Under
Section
104(e)
yes/no

 

  

Received
Notice of
Potential to
Have Pattern
under section
104(e)
yes/no

 

4503381

 

  

Portable Crusher

   0   0   0   0   0     100      0   no   no

4503424

 

  

Granite Falls Quarry

   0   0   0   0   0     427      0   no   no

4503692

 

  

Portable #2

   0   0   0   0   0     100      0   no   no

401696

 

  

Azusa Quarry

   0   0   0   0   0     400      0   no   no

200717

 

  

CEMEX - Casa Grande

   1   0   0   0   0     762      0   no   no

200722

 

  

CEMEX - Hwy 95

   0   0   0   0   0     300      0   no   no

200758

 

  

Rinker Materials Bullhead

   1   0   0   0   0     778      0   no   no

200988

 

  

CEMEX - 19th Ave

   0   0   0   0   1     2,124      0   no   no

201249

 

  

CEMEX - Globe / Bixby

   2   0   0   0   0     1,295      0   no   no

202062

 

  

CEMEX - Sierra Vista

   1   0   0   0   0     969      0   no   no

202355

 

  

CEMEX - Maricopa

   3   0   0   0   0     1,263      0   no   no

202466

 

  

CEMEX - Sheephill Plant

   1   0   0   0   0     640      0   no   no

202571

 

  

CEMEX - McCormick

   0   0   0   0   0     400      0   no   no

202585

 

  

CEMEX - APEX

   1   0   0   0   0     476      0   no   no

202606

 

  

CEMEX - Camp Verde

   1   0   0   0   0     1,515      0   no   no

202670

 

  

CEMEX - Pima

   1   0   0   0   0     2,207      0   no   no

 

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    Mine  ID number(1)           Mine or Operating Name      

Section
104
Significant
and
Substantial
    Citations (2)    

 

  

Section
104(b)
  Orders (3)  

 

  

Section
104(d)
Citations
and
  Orders  (4)  

 

  

Section
110(b)(2)
  Violations(5)  

 

  

Section
107(a)
    Orders(6)     

 

  

Total dollar
value of
MSHA
  assessments  
proposed(7)

 

    

Total
number

of

Mining
Related
  Fatalities  

 

  

Received
Notice of
Pattern of
  Violations  
Under
Section
104(e)
yes/no

 

  

Received
Notice of
Potential to
Have Pattern
under section
104(e)
yes/no

 

202753

 

  

CEMEX - West Valley

   9   0   0   0   0     3,100      0   no   no

202849

 

  

CEMEX - Prescott / Fain

   1   0   0   0   0     693      0   no   no

202851

 

  

CEMEX - Gray Mountain

   1   0   0   0   0     685      0   no   no

202896

 

  

CEMEX - Coolidge

   0   0   0   0   0     534      0   no   no

2900445

 

  

La Luz Pit

   1   0   0   0   0     376      0   no   no

2902128

 

  

Vado Quarry

   4   0   0   0   0     1,908      0   no   no

4100046

 

  

Mc Kelligon Canyon

   4   0   0   0   0     2,589      0   no   no

4100060

 

  

Odessa Cement Plant

   8   0   0   0   0     14,839      0   no   no

4101066

 

  

McCombs Quarry

   0   0   0   0   0     217      0   no   no

4103278

 

  

South Quarry

   3   0   0   0   0     4,071      0   no   no

4103816

 

  

East Loop 375 Sand Plt

   0   0   0   0   0     1,089      0   no   no

4104331

 

  

Mobile Crusher #1

   0   0   0   0   0     100      0   no   no

4100994

 

  

Balcones Quarry

   0   0   0   0   0     600      0   no   no

4102885

 

  

Balcones Plant

   2   0   0   0   0     1,494      0   no   no

4104308

 

  

West Quarry

   3   0   0   0   0     1,549      0   no   no

100016

 

  

Demopolis Plant Cemex Inc

   2   0   0   0   0     3,347      0   no   no

 

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    Mine  ID number(1)           Mine or Operating Name      

Section
104
Significant
and
Substantial
    Citations (2)    

 

  

Section
104(b)
  Orders (3)  

 

  

Section
104(d)
Citations
and
  Orders  (4)  

 

  

Section
110(b)(2)
  Violations(5)  

 

  

Section
107(a)
    Orders(6)     

 

  

Total dollar
value of
MSHA
  assessments  
proposed(7)

 

    

Total
number

of

Mining
Related
  Fatalities  

 

  

Received
Notice of
Pattern of
  Violations  
Under
Section
104(e)
yes/no

 

  

Received
Notice of
Potential to
Have Pattern
under section
104(e)
yes/no

 

500344

 

  

Lyons Cement Plant Cemex Inc

   31   2   0   0   1     498,140      0   no   no

1504469

 

  

KOSMOS Cement Co.

   7   1   0   0   0     67,271      0   no   no

0900053

 

  

Clinchfield Plant

   8   0   0   0   0     39,439      0   no   no

0100578

 

  

Donnell Pit*

   0   0   0   0   0     6,200      0   no   no

0103130

 

  

B & R Sand & Gravel*

   0   0   0   0   0     300      0   no   no

0103359

 

  

Tuscaloosa Sand*

   1   0   0   0   0     363      0   no   no

0801384

 

  

Mossy Head West*

   0   0   0   0   0     300      0   no   no

0103302

 

  

Sardine South Pit #505*

   0   0   0   0   0     300      0   no   no

0103290

 

  

Reed Pit #509*

   2   0   0   0   0     538      0   no   no

 

* Sites acquired by our U.S. subsidiaries effective August 1, 2011 as part of our U.S. subsidiaries purchase of the outstanding membership interest in Ready Mix USA, LLC. This data represents citations, orders, violations, assessments, etc. for the reporting period, including the period before the foregoing transaction.

 

(1) MSHA assigns an identification number to each mine or operation and may or may not assign a separate identification number to related facilities. The information provided in this table is presented by mine identification number.

 

(2) Represents the total number of citations issued by MSHA for violation of health or safety standards that could significantly and substantially contribute to a serious injury if left unabated.

 

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(3) Represents the total number of orders issued, which represents a failure to abate a citation under section 104(a) within the period prescribed by MSHA. This results in an order of immediate withdrawal from the area of the mine affected by the condition until MSHA determines that the violation has been abated.

 

(4) Represents the total number of citation and orders issued by MSHA for unwarrantable failure to comply with mandatory health or safety standards.

 

(5) Represents the total number of flagrant violations identified.

 

(6) Represents the total number of imminent danger orders issued under section 107(a) of the Mine Act.

 

(7) Amounts represent the total dollar value of proposed assessments received from MSHA and do not necessarily relate to the citations or orders issued by MSHA. during the period, or to the pending legal actions reported below.
                                                                                                

 

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The table below sets forth the total number of reportable legal actions for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011.

 

  Mine ID Number               Mine or  Operating Name      

Legal Actions Pending as of Last Day of Period (December 31, 2011)

(#)(8)

 

  

    Legal    

    Actions    

    Initiated    

    During    

    Period    

    (#)    

  

    Legal    

    Actions    

    Resolved    

    During    

    Period    

    (#)    

    

 

 

Contests  

of  

Citations  

/ Orders  

 

  

Contests  

of  

Proposed  

Penalties  

 

  

Complaints  

for  

Compensation  

 

  

Complaints of  

Discharge /  

Discrimination  

/ Interference  

 

  

Application  

for  

Temporary  

Relief  

 

  

Appeals  

to  

FMSHRC  

 

    

4000840

 

    Knoxville Cement Plant   63   63   0   0   0   0   8   6

4402341

 

    Eden Quarry   3   3   0   0   0   0   3   0

800024

 

    Brooksville Quarry   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1

800075

 

    St Catherine Mine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3

800750

 

    Center Hill Mine   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0

801035

 

    Inglis Quarry   1   1   0   0   0   0   1   1

801271

 

    Davenport Sand Mine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8

900912

 

    Union Sand Mine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1

800046

 

    Miami Cement Plant   57   57   0   0   0   0   11   149

401891

 

    Eliot Plant   7   7   0   0   0   0   6   0

401897

 

    Rockfield Plant   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2

800078

 

    Alico Road Quarry   10   10   0   0   0   0   1   0

800511

 

    Card Sound Quarry   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0

800519

 

    FEC Quarry   10   10   0   0   0   0   7   5

 

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800918

 

    S C L Quarry    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0

801015

 

    Krome Quarry    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    2

801216

 

    Palmdale Sand Mine    2    2    0    0    0    0    0    0

801287

 

    Brooksville South Cement Plant             14    14    0    0    0    0    3    4

400173

 

    Clayton Plant    19    19    0    0    0    0    19    0

400281

 

    Victorville Cement Plant    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    1

401895

 

    Tracy Kerlinger Plant    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2

401896

 

    Lemon Cove Plant    3    3    0    0    0    0    1    0

405701

 

    Black Mountain Quarry    71    71    0    0    0    0    41    57

2600789

 

    CEMEX - Paiute Pit    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    3

2602082

 

    CEMEX - Sierra Stone Quarry    3    3    0    0    0    0    3    1

4503424

 

    Granite Falls Quarry    2    2    0    0    0    0    0    0

200722

 

    CEMEX - Hwy 95    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1

200988

 

    CEMEX - 19th Ave    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2

4100046

 

    Mc Kelligon Canyon    13    13    0    0    0    0    0    0

4100060

 

    Odessa Cement Plant    16    16    0    0    0    0    7    2

4101066

 

    McCombs Quarry    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1

4103278

 

    South Quarry    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    0

4100994

 

    Balcones Quarry    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    3

4102885

 

    Balcones Plant    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    14

 

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500344

 

    Lyons Cement Plant Cemex Inc             58    58    0    0    0    0    58    13

1504469                

 

    KOSMOS Cement Co.    6    6    0    0    0    0    6    3

0900053

 

    Clinchfield Plant    3    3    0    0    0    0    1    8

0100578

 

    Donnell Pit*    13    13    0    0    0    0    13    1

 

(8) Pending legal actions before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (the “Commission”) as required to be reported by Section 1503(a)(3) of the Act.

The following provides additional information regarding the types or categories of proceedings that may be brought before the commission.

 

  A Contest Proceedings - a contest proceeding may be filed with the Commission by an operator to challenge the issuance of a citation or order issued by MSHA;

 

  B Civil Penalty Proceedings - a civil penalty proceeding may be filed with the Commission by an operator to challenge a civil penalty MSHA has proposed for a violation contained in a citation or order;

 

  C Compensation Proceedings - a compensation proceeding may be filed with the Commission by miners entitled to compensation when a mine is closed by certain closure orders issued by MSHA. The purpose of the proceeding is to determine the amount of compensation if any, due to miners idled by the orders.

D

 

  (i) Discrimination Proceedings - a discrimination proceeding involves a miner’s allegation that he or she has suffered adverse employment action because he or she engaged in activity protected under the Mine Act, such as making a safety complaint;

 

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  (ii) Temporary Reinstatement Proceedings - a temporary reinstatement proceeding involves cases in which a miner has filed a complaint with MSHA stating that he or she has suffered discrimination and the miner has lost his or her position; and

 

  E Applications for Temporary Relief-applications for temporary relief of any order issued under Section 104

 

  F Appeals of judges’ decisions or orders to the FMSHRC

 

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