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CHRISTIE BAR: 91 MSHA citations 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.
See Eureka Sand & Gravel Co. Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2018-02-22.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, 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.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
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.
26.7%
significant & substantial
1.1%
high negligence or reckless
26.7%
reasonably likely or greater
55.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.8% low, 81.1% moderate, 1.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 88%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 13%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
38%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $3K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-12-06.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2011-1027M Settlement Miller 2012 $2K → $807
WEST 2010-773M Settlement Gill 2011 $1K → $792
WEST 2013-262M Settlement Miller 2013 $902 → $902
WEST 2011-710M Settlement Miller 2012 $121 → $121
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-11-19
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2023-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2022-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2019-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2018-08-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2018-08-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2013-08-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.35 0.10 Belt Cleaner
2009-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.9 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Eureka Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 4
2013 4
2012 3
2011 3
2010 5
2009 3
2008 5
2007 5
2006 5
2005 6
2004 5
2003 4
2002 4
2001 4
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CHRISTIE BAR 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
2026 Q2 1,185 2 0 1687.8
2026 Q1 827 0 0 0.0
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
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,001 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,020 0 0 0.0
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 2 1 1230.8
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 8 5 4048.6
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.