Mining Incidents

Cryo Genie Mine: 13 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Gochenour's Minerals & Mining · Surface
Controlled by Dana Gochenour
Warner Springs, San Diego County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405509

Cryo Genie Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
13
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,342
proposed penalties
$1,287
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $55 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
45
inspections on record
555
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: 555 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cryo Genie Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $175 in penalties contested before the Commission, $60 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-06-23.
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.
8.3%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
8.3%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 75.0% moderate, 16.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2004-4-M Dismissal Manning 2004 $120 → $50
WEST 2003-453-M Settlement Manning 2004 $55 → $10
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: 2017-06-13, 9 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-06-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2002-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Miner, Shaft Sinking
2002-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Miner, Shaft Sinking
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. Gochenour's Minerals & Mining 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 1
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 4
2014 3
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 2
2009 3
2008 4
2007 3
2006 4
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cryo Genie Mine sits in San Diego County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
San Diego County, California · Population 3,282,782
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$102,285
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
2019 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 336 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 344 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 416 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 408 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 248 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 352 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 196 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 408 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 472 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 187 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 339 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 408 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 138 5 1 36231.9
2014 Q1 125 1 0 8000.0
2013 Q4 199 1 0 5025.1
2013 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 111 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 368 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 347 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 352 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 285 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 288 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 316 1 0 3164.6
2010 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 832 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 416 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 696 1 0 1436.8
2009 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 504 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 992 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 624 1 0 1602.6
2008 Q4 1,248 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 862 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,040 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,504 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,632 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,016 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,128 1 0 886.5
2005 Q4 107 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 824 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 740 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 936 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,010 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,144 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 768 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,331 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 896 1 0 1116.1
2003 Q1 242 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 768 1 0 1302.1
2002 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.