Mining Incidents

Hansen Pit & Mill: 41 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hansen Truck Stop Inc · Surface
Controlled by Charles F Hansen
Fortuna, Humboldt County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404441

Hansen Pit & Mill has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
41
citations
6
significant & substantial
$10,142
proposed penalties
$2,766
paid to date
27% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,376 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
218
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: 218 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hansen Pit & Mill has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-09-11.
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.
15.0%
significant & substantial
7.5%
high negligence or reckless
15.0%
reasonably likely or greater
45.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.5% low, 90.0% moderate, 7.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2004-194-M Settlement Zielinski 2004 $7K → $780
WEST20030284M Settlement Zielinski 2004 $2K → $1K
WEST 2004-114-M Settlement Zielinski 2004 $2K → $180
WEST 2003-429-M Settlement Zielinski 2004 $110 → $110
WEST 2004-261M Dismissal Manning 2004 $55 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Hansen Truck Stop Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 0
2005 0
2004 0
2003 1
2002 2
2001 4
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hansen Pit & Mill 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
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 271 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 660 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 1,164 34 6 29209.6
2002 Q2 1,375 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,127 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,175 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,553 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,703 7 0 4110.4
2001 Q1 1,111 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,730 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,927 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,132 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,363 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.