Box Creek Placer has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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
2023
Latest incident
Jul 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
68
citations
8
significant & substantial
$41,536
proposed penalties
$34,687
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,849 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
12
inspections on record
216
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: 216 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Box Creek Placer has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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.
$42K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
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
2025 Q4
8,257
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
9,439
9
1
953.5
2025 Q2
7,786
1
0
128.4
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
7,053
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
8,655
1
0
115.5
2024 Q2
7,975
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
6,095
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
7,624
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
7,663
11
2
1435.5
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
4,323
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,775
10
0
1476.0
2022 Q2
4,758
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
11,760
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
6,300
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
9,800
18
2
1836.7
2020 Q2
8,664
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2023 · 1 incident
July 14, 2023CO · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Titan Au, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Injured miner was working with another miner to replace a nozzle on a pressure washer. Injured miner was replacing the nozzle while another miner was holding the wand. Other miner pulled the trigger accidently and the high-pressure water jet punctured injured miner's right hand requiring ten stitches.
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