Bear Butte Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
Kernen Construction
· Surface
Controlled by
Scott Farley; Kurt Kernen
Miranda,
Humboldt County,
CA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405687
Bear Butte Quarry has $9K 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
64
citations
12
significant & substantial
$8,870
proposed penalties
$8,870
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
43
inspections on record
541
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: 541 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bear Butte Quarry has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 1,506 | 1 | 0 | 664.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,661 | 2 | 1 | 1204.1 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,413 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,258 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,394 | 2 | 0 | 835.4 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,348 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,310 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,344 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,192 | 3 | 2 | 1368.6 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,515 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,261 | 1 | 0 | 793.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 808 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 593 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 895 | 1 | 0 | 1117.3 |
| 2022 Q1 | 641 | 3 | 0 | 4680.2 |
| 2021 Q4 | 602 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 598 | 3 | 2 | 5016.7 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,130 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 480 | 5 | 1 | 10416.7 |
| 2018 Q4 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 480 | 5 | 2 | 10416.7 |
| 2018 Q2 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 480 | 1 | 0 | 2083.3 |
| 2017 Q4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 320 | 1 | 0 | 3125.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q2 | 360 | 7 | 0 | 19444.4 |
| 2015 Q1 | 513 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 523 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 615 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 464 | 4 | 1 | 8620.7 |
| 2012 Q3 | 513 | 2 | 0 | 3898.6 |
| 2012 Q2 | 676 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 616 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 932 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,167 | 3 | 0 | 2570.7 |
| 2011 Q1 | 890 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,001 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 484 | 2 | 0 | 4132.2 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 941 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 962 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,176 | 2 | 0 | 1700.7 |
| 2009 Q2 | 530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 405 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 379 | 3 | 1 | 7915.6 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,039 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 582 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,488 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 821 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 864 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,719 | 3 | 0 | 1745.2 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,897 | 9 | 2 | 4744.3 |
| 2006 Q2 | 638 | 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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The full compliance file on Bear Butte Quarry
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.