Mining Incidents

BLUE POINT MINE: 17 MSHA citations 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.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
41.2%
significant & substantial
29.4%
high negligence or reckless
41.2%
reasonably likely or greater
64.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.9% low, 64.7% moderate, 29.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Blue Point Rock Products 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 5
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BLUE POINT MINE sits in Yuba County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Yuba County, California · Population 83,079
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,313
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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