Big Iron DG Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Big Iron DG Mine LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Raul A Hernandez
Rosamond,
Kern County,
CA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405579
Big Iron DG Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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 2004
54
citations
15
significant & substantial
$7,398
proposed penalties
$5,703
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,695 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
36
inspections on record
496
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: 496 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Big Iron DG Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-30.
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 | 957 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,085 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,107 | 3 | 1 | 2710.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 801 | 9 | 5 | 11236.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,079 | 6 | 1 | 5560.7 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,011 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 938 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 996 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 612 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,216 | 2 | 2 | 1644.7 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,164 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,186 | 2 | 0 | 1686.3 |
| 2022 Q1 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 972 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 917 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 816 | 3 | 0 | 3676.5 |
| 2021 Q1 | 924 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 815 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 845 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 965 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 845 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 865 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 826 | 1 | 0 | 1210.7 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 845 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,025 | 4 | 0 | 3902.4 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,125 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 463 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 501 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 421 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 395 | 2 | 0 | 5063.3 |
| 2016 Q3 | 412 | 2 | 1 | 4854.4 |
| 2016 Q2 | 425 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 242 | 2 | 1 | 8264.5 |
| 2012 Q3 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 243 | 3 | 0 | 12345.7 |
| 2011 Q3 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 220 | 1 | 1 | 4545.5 |
| 2010 Q3 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 155 | 1 | 0 | 6451.6 |
| 2009 Q4 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 180 | 1 | 0 | 5555.6 |
| 2008 Q3 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 20833.3 |
| 2007 Q3 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 376 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 188 | 3 | 0 | 15957.4 |
| 2005 Q4 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 370 | 6 | 3 | 16216.2 |
| 2004 Q3 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 696 | 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 Big Iron DG Mine
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.