Mining Incidents

BLUE POINT MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Yuba County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405433

BLUE POINT MINE has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $131 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Aug 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
7
significant & substantial
$1,500
proposed penalties
$1,369
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $131 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
109
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: 109 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BLUE POINT MINE has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $131 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$131
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2002 Q1 2,600 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,168 6 1 1893.9
2000 Q3 3,380 3 0 887.6
2000 Q2 3,120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,160 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

August 2, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Point Rock Products · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WAS USING A SLEGE HAMMER & WEDGE OR SPLITTER TO SPLIT ROCK HE HURT HIS BACK

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