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Extec Screener: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

scotia, Humboldt County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405488

Extec Screener has $760 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
3
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Oct 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
10
citations
0
significant & substantial
$760
proposed penalties
$760
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Humboldt Redwood Company LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
9
inspections on record
104
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: 104 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Extec Screener has $760 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.
$760
proposed penalties
$760
current assessed
$760
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $600 in penalties contested before the Commission, $400 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-12-02.
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
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.0% low, 70.0% moderate, 0.0% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 60% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 17%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 33%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$600 proposed, $400 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 2009-02-11.
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 2009-496M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $500 → $300
WEST 2009-31M Dismissal Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. The Pacific Lumber Company 2001 to 2008
  2. Humboldt Redwood Company LLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 0
2010 0
2009 0
2008 2
2007 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 9
2002 4
2001 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Extec Screener 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
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 15 3 0 200000.0
2008 Q3 400 1 0 2500.0
2008 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 324 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 584 4 0 6849.3
2004 Q4 691 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 123 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 736 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,665 2 0 1201.2
2003 Q3 1,244 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 508 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,078 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 526 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 994 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 1,021 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 3 incidents

October 7, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Pacific Lumber Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATING EXCAVATOR, WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED FINGER GOT CAUGHT AND SPLIT AT THE END.

April 9, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
The Pacific Lumber Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE WAS TRAINING THE CONVEYOR BELT AND AS HE WAS OBSERVING TO SEE IF IT WAS DONE, HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ROLL AND THE BELT. HE ENDED UP WITH A BROKEN BONE AND BRUISED RIGHT HAND.

January 31, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
The Pacific Lumber Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

BLOW BAR SLIPPED FROM BRACKET AND HE REACHED TO GRAB THE BLOW BAR (AUTOMATIC REFLEX) FROM FALLING AND HE SMASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER IN BETWEEN BLOW BARS.