Mining Incidents

Brownstone Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Brownstone Quarry · Surface
Controlled by Charles J Coffyn
maxwell, Colusa County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405453

Brownstone Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Nov 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
24
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,251
proposed penalties
$2,191
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
19
inspections on record
154
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: 154 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Brownstone Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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
$2K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-12-19.
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
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 265 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 100 1 0 10000.0
2005 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 1 0
2004 Q4 3,235 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,055 1 0 197.8
2004 Q2 4,635 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,675 2 0 544.2
2003 Q4 4,013 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,611 6 3 1661.6
2003 Q2 2,820 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,840 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,985 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,434 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,413 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,783 6 3 1586.0
2001 Q1 2,625 5 1 1904.8
2000 Q4 3,707 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,632 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

November 15, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brownstone Quarry · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS REACHING FOR A PIECE OF STONE TO PUT INTOTHE SPLITTER. AS HE PULLED ON THE STONE HE HURT HIS BACK

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