Mining Incidents

Frontier Kolberg Screening Plant #2: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Essayons Inc · Surface
Controlled by Terry E Smith
yreka, Siskiyou County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405271

Frontier Kolberg Screening Plant #2 has $4K 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
2
Years on record
1996–2002
Latest incident
Sep 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,605
proposed penalties
$3,605
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
8
inspections on record
80
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: 80 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Frontier Kolberg Screening Plant #2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-06-28.
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.
41.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
41.2%
reasonably likely or greater
64.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.9% low, 94.1% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Mc Intosh Construction 1995 to 1997
  2. Essayons Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 0
2002 7
2001 5
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Frontier Kolberg Screening Plant #2 sits in Siskiyou County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Siskiyou County, California · Population 43,834
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$55,499
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
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 374 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 747 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,443 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 222 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 528 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 619 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 1,006 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 514 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 571 2 0 3502.6
2000 Q3 639 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 626 1 1 1597.4
2000 Q1 464 12 5 25862.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 1 incident

September 11, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Essayons Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THROWING OVERSIZE ROCKS OFF BELT.

1996 · 1 incident

July 7, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Mc Intosh Construction · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HIT BY A ROCK THAT FELL OFF CONVEYOR BELT. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED RIB BRUISES AND MUSCLE TEAR. EMPLOYERS ADMIN. OFFICE WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF INCIDENT PRIOR TO 7-17-96. EMPLOYEE WAS SH OVELING EXCESS AT TIME OF INJURY.