Clearlake Cinder Chip Co. has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 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
Jun 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
46
citations
10
significant & substantial
$11,715
proposed penalties
$5,462
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,253 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
21
inspections on record
257
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: 257 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Clearlake Cinder Chip Co. has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-06-08.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
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: 2005-03-08, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-03-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-03-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
2.36
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
Truck Driver
2005-03-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2006
5
2005
5
2004
5
2001
5
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Clearlake Cinder Chip Co. sits in Lake County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Lake County, California · Population 68,139
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$58,738
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
2006 Q1
1,258
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,900
10
3
5263.2
2005 Q3
3,654
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,839
3
0
1056.7
2005 Q1
2,274
6
1
2638.5
2004 Q4
2,721
4
2
1470.0
2001 Q3
2,296
1
1
435.5
2001 Q2
2,344
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1
2,397
2
0
834.4
2000 Q4
2,369
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,500
9
2
3600.0
2000 Q2
2,380
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,460
3
0
1219.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2001 · 1 incident
June 13, 2001CA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggrelite Rock · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE TAKING APART AN AIR BRAKE CHAMBER TO REPLACE A LEAKING DIAPHRAM, THE EMPLOYEE WAS DISTRACTED BY TAKING A LUNCH BREAK. WHEN HE RETURNED, HE REMOVED A CLAMP PREMATURELY RELEASING A SPRING WHICH HIT HIM ON HIS LEFT FOREARM. THE EMPLOYEE NEGLECTED TO RELEASE THE SPRING PRESSURE BEFORE REMOVING THE CLAMP.