Mining Incidents

Carlotta Wash Plant: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Maxxam Inc
Scotia, Humboldt County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405462

Carlotta Wash Plant has $340 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2001
Latest incident
Aug 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$340
proposed penalties
$340
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
12
inspections on record
129
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: 129 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Carlotta Wash Plant has $340 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$340
proposed penalties
$340
current assessed
$340
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-10-21.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
83.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 83.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Pacific Lumber Company 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 3
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Carlotta Wash Plant sits in Humboldt County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Humboldt County, California · Population 135,418
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,135
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
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 37 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 164 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 49 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 462 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 162 2 0 12345.7
2003 Q3 27 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 284 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 22 1 0 45454.5
2002 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 107 1 0 9345.8
2002 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9 1 0 111111.1
2001 Q4 9 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 197 1 0 5076.1
2001 Q2 311 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 969 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 505 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

August 20, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pacific Lumber Company · Struck against a moving object

ON 9-27-01 EE INFORMED US HE WANTED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. ON 9-28-01 HE SAW THE DOCTOR. HE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE A BACK AND NECK STRAIN FROM RUNNING THE LOADER AT THE WASH PLANT ROCK YARD. IT HAPPENED IN AUG WHEN, WHILE OPERATING THE LOADERHE WENT OVER A BUMP.