Mining Incidents

Wheelock Road Rock Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Christopher L Brown
Paradise, Butte County, CA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0405961

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Feb 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
30
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,160
proposed penalties
$5,160
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 1,759 3 0 1705.5
2025 Q3 3,044 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,829 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10,995 17 5 1546.2
2024 Q4 1,878 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,425 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,774 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 515 1 0 1941.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

February 6, 2023 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Brown General Engineering, Inc · Struck by flying object

EE was removing a bolt that was welded into place cutting the wells off with an angle grinder to replace a liner, the blade on the angle grinder broke and a piece hit EE on the top of the right forearm.