Mining Incidents

JOE 5 PIT: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Kcac Inc · Surface
Controlled by Wilbur-Ellis Company
Coalinga, San Benito County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0402550

JOE 5 PIT has $220 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
3
Years on record
1988–1995
Latest incident
Jan 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$220
proposed penalties
$220
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
4
inspections on record
47
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: 47 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

JOE 5 PIT has $220 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.
$220
proposed penalties
$220
current assessed
$220
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-06-06.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 75.0% low, 25.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Calidria Corp 1950 to 1985
  2. Kcac Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 0
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

JOE 5 PIT sits in San Benito 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.
San Benito County, California · Population 66,056
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$108,289
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
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 730 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,012 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 448 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 736 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 910 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1995 · 1 incident

January 31, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kcac Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLOSING A 14' GATE HE PULLED THE GATE WHILE WALKING FORWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE GATE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH HIS RIGHT HEEL CAUSING BRUISING SWELLING.

1990 · 1 incident

November 20, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kcac Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING PLYWOOD FELT PAIN IN LOWER R A BDOMINAL AREA

1988 · 1 incident

November 23, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Kcac Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A TRUCK AND A DIESAL TRUCK F.DELIVERING FUEL COLLIED ON A SHARP CURVE. EACH VEHICLE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. DRIVER DID NOT SEE FUEL TRUCK UNTIL IT WAS TO LATE. ROAD WAS WET FROM RAIN STROM. DRIVER ALLIPLED BRAKES AND SLID INT OT TRUCK.