Ford Quarries Metal/Non-Metal
Kernen Construction
· Surface
Controlled by
Scott Farley; Kurt Kernen
Arcata,
Humboldt County,
CA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405823
Ford Quarries has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
25
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,865
proposed penalties
$2,865
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
27
inspections on record
413
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: 413 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ford Quarries has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,484 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,031 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,171 | 1 | 0 | 854.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,725 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,665 | 4 | 1 | 2402.4 |
| 2024 Q2 | 561 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,015 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 265 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,005 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 669 | 2 | 0 | 2989.5 |
| 2023 Q1 | 528 | 1 | 0 | 1893.9 |
| 2022 Q4 | 563 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,509 | 1 | 0 | 662.7 |
| 2021 Q4 | 837 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 951 | 1 | 1 | 1051.5 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,404 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 932 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,458 | 2 | 0 | 1371.7 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,109 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 372 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 882 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,940 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,232 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,737 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 829 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 806 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,461 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,495 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,934 | 1 | 0 | 517.1 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,876 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,098 | 2 | 0 | 953.3 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,643 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q2 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 263 | 2 | 0 | 7604.6 |
| 2014 Q2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 406 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,573 | 1 | 0 | 635.7 |
| 2012 Q2 | 989 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 968 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 620 | 4 | 0 | 6451.6 |
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.
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The full compliance file on Ford Quarries
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.