Mining Incidents

ALTON PIT & MILL Metal/Non-Metal

EUREKA, Humboldt County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0402711

ALTON PIT & MILL has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
79
citations
20
significant & substantial
$11,193
proposed penalties
$11,193
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
716
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: 716 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ALTON PIT & MILL has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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
2025 Q4 627 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 762 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 671 3 0 4470.9
2025 Q1 1,135 1 0 881.1
2024 Q4 785 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 949 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,043 1 0 958.8
2024 Q1 999 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,048 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,012 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,104 1 0 905.8
2023 Q1 721 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 932 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 944 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 772 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 586 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 648 3 0 4629.6
2021 Q3 1,608 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,033 2 0 1936.1
2021 Q1 1,119 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 873 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 815 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 592 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 922 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,205 2 1 1659.8
2019 Q3 1,290 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 568 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 696 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,097 3 1 2734.7
2018 Q3 1,354 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,030 2 1 985.2
2018 Q1 1,230 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,548 7 5 4522.0
2017 Q3 1,842 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,678 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,478 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,552 6 3 3866.0
2016 Q3 2,287 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,568 1 0 637.8
2016 Q1 1,215 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,362 1 0 734.2
2015 Q3 1,626 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,186 2 1 1686.3
2015 Q1 1,624 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,866 2 0 1071.8
2014 Q3 1,437 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,520 1 0 657.9
2014 Q1 1,491 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,712 1 0 584.1
2013 Q3 1,389 1 0 719.9
2013 Q2 1,376 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,356 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,437 8 0 5567.2
2012 Q3 1,637 1 0 610.9
2012 Q2 1,830 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,319 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,585 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,525 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,543 2 0 1296.2
2011 Q1 1,352 2 0 1479.3
2010 Q4 1,582 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,810 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,758 1 0 568.8
2010 Q1 1,691 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,073 6 2 2894.4
2009 Q3 2,222 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,276 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,495 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,240 4 4 1785.7
2008 Q3 2,498 2 0 800.6
2008 Q1 1,599 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,731 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,274 1 1 439.8
2007 Q2 1,873 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,891 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,951 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,873 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,732 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,031 3 0 1477.1
2005 Q3 1,940 1 1 515.5
2005 Q2 1,484 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,356 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,374 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,722 2 0 1161.4
2004 Q1 927 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,583 1 0 631.7
2003 Q3 1,869 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,017 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 880 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,408 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,240 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,054 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 928 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,002 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,113 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 974 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 870 1 0 1149.4
2000 Q4 1,360 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,225 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,405 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 912 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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