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: 30 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
R J Miles Co-Secret Town Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-02-29.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2001
0
2000
5
1999
14
1998
13
1997
9
1996
8
1995
8
1994
10
1993
8
1992
4
1991
3
1990
4
1989
5
1988
4
1987
4
1986
6
1985
6
1984
6
1983
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
R J Miles Co-Secret Town Plant sits in Nevada 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.
Nevada County, California · Population 102,452
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$84,905
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
0
0
0
2000 Q3
1,083
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,338
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,339
12
8
2247.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
22 on file
2000 · 1 incident
February 22, 2000CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SLIPPED ON SHAFT AND LANDED ON TAILBONE ON PADDLE. HE WAS CLEANING THE LOG WASHER. CRACKED EMPLOYEE'S TAILBONE.
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1999 · 2 incidents
August 17, 1999CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN FOR REPAIRS. EE WAS WALKING UNDER THE PICKING STATION TO GET TO SERVICE TRUCK WHILE A COWORKER WAS CLEARING ROCK OFF OF PICKING STATION.
WAS PICKING ROCK AND HIS WRIST STARTED SWELLING, HE WAS SENT TOT HE DR AND WAS DIAGNOSED HAVING TENDINITIONS, TAKE A COUPLE DAYS OFF OF WORK, AND WEAR A BRACE.
I WAS ON PICKING STATION BY MYSELF I WAS HURRING TO GET ALL THAT I COULD AND THEN I GRABBED A FEW BIG ONES IN A ROW, THEN I FELT LIKE I PULLED A MUSCLE THEN MY SHOULDER STARTED TO HURT ENOUGH THAT I COULD NOT DO MY JOB.
September 2, 1993CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS