Bess Bar Metal/Non-Metal
Thomas R Bess
· Surface
Controlled by
Thomas R Bess
Carlotta,
Humboldt County,
CA
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0405111
Bess Bar has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
90
citations
23
significant & substantial
$11,604
proposed penalties
$11,604
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
36
inspections on record
404
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: 404 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bess Bar has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-24.
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 | 1,336 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,712 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,691 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,024 | 6 | 1 | 5859.4 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q4 | 687 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 1,626 | 5 | 1 | 3075.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,053 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,174 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,474 | 9 | 3 | 6105.8 |
| 2022 Q2 | 879 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 880 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 944 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 586 | 7 | 2 | 11945.4 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,024 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 945 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 625 | 2 | 0 | 3200.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 954 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,232 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 879 | 1 | 0 | 1137.7 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 595 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 833 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 487 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 401 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 133 | 4 | 0 | 30075.2 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,251 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 348 | 3 | 0 | 8620.7 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 416 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,119 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 584 | 4 | 1 | 6849.3 |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 635 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 555 | 1 | 0 | 1801.8 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,023 | 5 | 3 | 4887.6 |
| 2013 Q2 | 307 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 348 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 442 | 2 | 0 | 4524.9 |
| 2012 Q2 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 429 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,544 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 551 | 3 | 0 | 5444.6 |
| 2011 Q1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 903 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 719 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 104 | 6 | 2 | 57692.3 |
| 2009 Q3 | 285 | 1 | 0 | 3508.8 |
| 2009 Q2 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 382 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 801 | 4 | 2 | 4993.8 |
| 2008 Q2 | 427 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 483 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,530 | 3 | 2 | 1960.8 |
| 2007 Q2 | 635 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 626 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 960 | 4 | 0 | 4166.7 |
| 2004 Q2 | 640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 560 | 2 | 0 | 3571.4 |
| 2003 Q2 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 600 | 2 | 1 | 3333.3 |
| 2002 Q2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 480 | 3 | 0 | 6250.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 80 | 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 Bess Bar
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.