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: 166 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Felton has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $734 in penalties contested before the Commission, $275 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-12-17.
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.
Felton recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.42 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
4.93
4.93
0.000
2000 *
4.62
4.62
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2004
2
2003
12
2002
15
2001
20
2000
20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Felton sits in Santa Cruz 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.
Santa Cruz County, California · Population 266,021
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$109,266
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
EE WAS CARRYING CONVEYOR PARTS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN LEFT KNEE. THE INJURY WAS REPORTED 9/16/00THE EE IS NOW HAVING SURGERY ON KNEE THE INJURY IS NOW BEING REPORTED DUE TO LOST TIME FROM SURG ERY. THE EE CONTD TO WORK FULL TIME DUTY DURING PERIOD OF 9/16/00 THRU 01/16/01
HE WAS MOVING THE OIL RECOVERY SYSTEM USING THE MASSEY FERGUSON TRACTOR WHEN HIS LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE OIL RECOVERY SYSTEM TANK AND THE TRACTOR.
1992 · 2 incidents
January 20, 1992CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
AS INJURED WAS CLIMBING DOWN UNDER.HE TOLD US THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT RUNG HE WAS ON.TRYING TO STEP OFF ONTO THE GROUND HE TURNED TO HIS RIGHT TO PLANT FOOT,THEN LADDER SLIPPED OFF THE SCRAPE R CAUSING HIM TO FALL WRONG ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE.ALSO NOTE HE SAID HE HAD AN AIR GUN AND HOSE IN HIS HANDS WHEN CLIMBING DOWN.
January 9, 1992CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS WASHING RADIAL STACKER LOCATED NEAR THE WASH PLANT. A PIECE OF CLAYSAND & GRAVEL METERIAL (SIZE APPROX. 6-12 DIA.) FELL OFF OF PLANT HITTING HIM IN BACK OF HIS HEAD. THE BLOW FORCED HAR D HAT OVER HEAD PUSHING HIS SAFETY GLASSES DOWN & CUTTING HIS NOSE, HURTING BOTH HIS HEAD & NECK AREA.
1991 · 2 incidents
November 21, 1991CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WAS CLEANING OUT A CULVERT PIPE THAT WAS FULL OF ROOTS WHEN CROW BAR SLIPPED AND RIGHT HAND WENT INTO PIPE LACERATING THREE FINGERS. DR HAS GIVEN MODIFIED DUTY.
October 10, 1991CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
AS I,NAME WAS STEPPING TOWARD THE CONVEYOR HE WAS TO SHOVEL OUT, HE STEPPED BETWEEN TWO 8" PIPES THAT ARE GROUND LEVEL. THERE IS ALWAYS SAND BUILT UP BETWEEN THE PIPES MAKING IT EASY TO WALK O VER (FORM FOOTING). BUT SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE THEGROUND HAD SETTLED LEAVING A BRIDGE OF SAND BETWEEN THE PIPES AND 6 TO 8" OF HOLE BELOW. HE STEPPED ONTO SAND NOT SUPPORTING HIS WEIGHT FALLING
June 6, 1989CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
SHOVELING IN SHIPPING TUNNEL WAS CLEANING SAND AT BOTTOM OF TUNNEL AND PUTTING IT ON MOVING CONVEYOR BELT.AS HE WAS SHOVELING HE FELT A TWINGE OF PAIN ON LEFT SIDE FROM WAIST TO BEHIND THE KNE E.
May 24, 1989CA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
HAULING ON THE HAUL ROAD INJURED WENT OVER SOME RUTS OR BUMPS CAUSING THE SCRAPER TO BOUNCE WHICH BOUNCED HIM OUT OF HIS SEAT.THIS BOUNCING THEN CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST THE TOP O F THE SCRAPER CAB(HE SAYS HE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT).
January 18, 1989CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPL LOADING ROD MILL RODS WITH 2 OTHERS.LOADER OPER SWUNG BUCKET TO HELP 1 WORKE.AT THIS TIME IT PULLED CABLE TOO TIGHT ON OTHER END AND CAUGHT I.NAME HAND BETWEEN CABLE AND RODS.
1988 · 5 incidents
October 24, 1988CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING RAIL CONNECTIONS AND SWITCH BOLTS WITH A HAMMER AS HE WALKED LOCOMOTIVE BACK INTO PLANT AREA HE BENT OVER SWUNG THE HAMMER ONCE AND APPARENTLY SUFFERED SOME SORT OF SE IZURE HIS BODY STIFFEND AND SHOOK RAPIDLY I.NAME WAS NEARBY AND CALLED I.NAME LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR AND THEY WENT TO I.NAMES AID I.NAME SAID I.NAME APPARENTLY LOST CONSCIOUSNESS HIS EYES ROLLED
September 30, 1988CA · Metal/Non-Metalshopman repair cars, mechanicMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING SLIGHTLY OVERHEAD ON VERTICAL PIPE AND WAS BURNED THROUGH COVERALLS WITH SPATTER. HE NOTICED A RED LINE RUNNING UP HIS ARM FROM THE BURN.