Fort Independence Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
Grinding Rock Aggregates
· Surface
Controlled by
Fort Independence Tribe
Fort Independence,
Inyo County,
CA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405959
Fort Independence Quarry has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
20
citations
7
significant & substantial
$8,681
proposed penalties
$8,077
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $604 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
7
inspections on record
95
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 95 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fort Independence Quarry has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 1 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.$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-12.
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 | 1,665 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,602 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,767 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,148 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,234 | 3 | 1 | 1342.9 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,909 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,675 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,302 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 4,223 | 13 | 5 | 3078.4 |
| 2023 Q2 | 7,381 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 936 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 703 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,265 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,403 | 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.
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The full compliance file on Fort Independence Quarry
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.