Beck Mine Metal/Non-Metal
U.S. Iron, LLC.
· Surface
Controlled by
Carissa Miller; Mark Miller
Tecopa,
Inyo County,
CA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405815
Beck Mine has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 5 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 2011
84
citations
13
significant & substantial
$29,989
proposed penalties
$19,797
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,192 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
34
inspections on record
515
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 515 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Beck Mine has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 5 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.$30K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-25.
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 | 1,934 | 11 | 2 | 5687.7 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,536 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,326 | 4 | 0 | 1719.7 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,812 | 8 | 1 | 2845.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,071 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,153 | 9 | 1 | 4180.2 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,955 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,024 | 1 | 0 | 494.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,796 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,073 | 4 | 0 | 1929.6 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,181 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,580 | 2 | 0 | 775.2 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,235 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,897 | 4 | 0 | 1380.7 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,334 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,186 | 4 | 1 | 1829.8 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,261 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,909 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 3,258 | 1 | 0 | 306.9 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,622 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,392 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 263 | 2 | 0 | 7604.6 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,643 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,716 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,793 | 2 | 0 | 1115.4 |
| 2018 Q3 | 951 | 1 | 0 | 1051.5 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,277 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 817 | 2 | 1 | 2448.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 353 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 294 | 5 | 1 | 17006.8 |
| 2017 Q2 | 369 | 1 | 0 | 2710.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 819 | 10 | 5 | 12210.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,311 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 4,253 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 3,715 | 7 | 1 | 1884.3 |
| 2013 Q1 | 2,959 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 582 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 620 | 1 | 0 | 1612.9 |
| 2012 Q2 | 591 | 4 | 0 | 6768.2 |
| 2012 Q1 | 611 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 878 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 616 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 452 | 1 | 0 | 2212.4 |
| 2011 Q1 | 276 | 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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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.