Mining Incidents

CHRISTIE BAR Metal/Non-Metal

Arcata, Humboldt County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0401760

CHRISTIE BAR has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Apr 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
91
citations
24
significant & substantial
$15,388
proposed penalties
$13,960
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,428 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
64
inspections on record
863
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: 863 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHRISTIE BAR has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
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 1,017 1 0 983.3
2025 Q3 1,282 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,009 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,130 1 0 885.0
2024 Q4 1,095 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,205 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,001 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,020 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,060 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,478 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,002 2 0 1996.0
2023 Q1 645 2 0 3100.8
2022 Q4 896 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,625 4 1 2461.5
2022 Q2 1,133 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 520 4 1 7692.3
2021 Q4 661 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,082 1 0 924.2
2021 Q2 743 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,109 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,108 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,497 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 420 2 1 4761.9
2019 Q3 1,965 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 888 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 942 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 600 2 1 3333.3
2018 Q3 1,768 4 1 2262.4
2018 Q2 619 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 505 4 2 7920.8
2017 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,124 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 594 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,041 2 0 1921.2
2016 Q4 1,216 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,750 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,066 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,186 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,208 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,970 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 962 1 0 1039.5
2015 Q1 1,086 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,223 1 0 817.7
2014 Q3 1,840 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 708 1 0 1412.4
2014 Q1 966 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,263 2 0 1583.5
2013 Q3 1,406 1 1 711.2
2013 Q2 1,253 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,118 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,115 2 1 1793.7
2012 Q3 1,357 1 0 736.9
2012 Q2 1,274 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,112 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,503 1 0 665.3
2011 Q3 970 3 0 3092.8
2011 Q2 829 3 1 3618.8
2011 Q1 963 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,976 10 6 5060.7
2010 Q3 2,646 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,508 1 0 663.1
2010 Q1 1,658 3 1 1809.4
2009 Q4 1,585 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,768 3 0 1696.8
2009 Q2 1,724 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,361 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,085 5 1 2398.1
2008 Q3 3,824 2 0 523.0
2008 Q1 1,502 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,543 1 1 648.1
2007 Q3 2,661 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,170 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,836 1 0 544.7
2006 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,910 1 0 523.6
2006 Q2 2,219 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,759 2 0 1137.0
2005 Q4 2,043 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,339 2 1 855.1
2005 Q2 1,385 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,386 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,027 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,431 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,746 2 1 1145.5
2004 Q1 1,400 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,776 4 0 2252.3
2003 Q3 1,924 1 0 519.8
2003 Q2 1,533 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,264 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,659 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,242 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,257 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,622 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,802 3 3 1664.8
2001 Q2 1,787 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,080 3 0 2777.8
2000 Q4 1,635 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,727 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,170 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 855 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2013 · 1 incident

April 3, 2013 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eureka Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. · Struck by falling object

Worker dropped crusher part on hand cutting 3 fingers possibly breaking one finger.

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