Mining Incidents

Baker Creek Quarry: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

G.R. Wilcox Enterprises Inc · Surface
Controlled by Ray D Wilcox
Whitethorne, Humboldt County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405858

Baker Creek Quarry has $6K 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 2012
30
citations
11
significant & substantial
$6,291
proposed penalties
$6,291
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
17
inspections on record
214
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: 214 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Baker Creek Quarry has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-07-27.
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.
36.7%
significant & substantial
20.0%
high negligence or reckless
36.7%
reasonably likely or greater
53.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.0% low, 70.0% moderate, 20.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. G.R. Wilcox Enterprises Inc 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 2
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Baker Creek Quarry sits in Humboldt 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.
Humboldt County, California · Population 135,418
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,135
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, 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
2019 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 288 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 280 1 0 3571.4
2016 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 170 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 250 1 0 4000.0
2015 Q3 175 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 85 7 2 82352.9
2014 Q4 162 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 217 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 121 3 1 24793.4
2013 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 144 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.