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: 651 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Laws Mill has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-21.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2008-08-28, 17 years ago
61%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1811 over
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (20)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2008-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.6
0.68
2.35
Bagging Operator
2008-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.15
0.83
1.39
Bagging Operator
2008-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
4.06
0.97
4.19
Bagging Operator
2008-02-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.29
1.03
3.19
Bagging Operator
2008-02-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.71
1.03
1.66
Bagging Operator
2008-01-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.14
0.7
1.63
Bagging Operator
2007-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.58
1.07
3.35
Bagging Operator
2007-08-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
10.25
0.97
10.57
Bagging Operator
2007-08-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.72
1.04
3.58
Bagging Operator
2007-06-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
17.25
1.16
14.87
Bagging Operator
2007-06-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
13.51
1.43
9.45
Bagging Operator
2008-08-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
0.99
0.42
Bagging Operator
2008-08-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.95
0.39
Bagging Operator
2008-01-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
2.09
Bagging Operator
2007-08-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
1
0.38
Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-06-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.88
1.05
0.84
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-11-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.66
0.72
0.92
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.77
0.42
Electrician
2002-11-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.7
0.94
0.74
Bagging Operator
2002-11-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.63
Laborer, Bullgang
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Laws Mill recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.87 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
7.84
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2011
0
2010
5
2009
11
2008
12
2007
15
2006
15
2005
15
2004
14
2003
16
2002
17
2001
14
2000
17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Laws Mill sits in Inyo County, California, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Inyo County, California · Population 18,803
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$72,432
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
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROLL LOCK NUT FROM MILL JOURNAL USING A DOUBLE JACK AND PUNCH/ WEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL STUCK IN THE BONE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB.
1995 · 1 incident
April 27, 1995CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT LEFT HAND IN AIRLOCK VALVE OF MILL BAGHOUSE DISCHARGE WHILE VALVE WAS TURNING RESULTING IN SEVERING OFF MIDDLE THREE FINGERS OF LEFT HAND. SEE FORM FOR CORRECT PARTS OF FING ER.
1994 · 1 incident
November 2, 1994CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
WHIE ON THE JOB LACERATED RIGHT HAND WHILE WORKING ON THE BAUER. AT THE TIME WA FIXIN GHT EARMS ON LOWER STEAL VALVE, THE ARM CAME AROUND AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND AND PINCHED AND LACERATED RIGHT HAND.
1984 · 1 incident
September 26, 1984CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPL CROSSING YARD IN FORKLIFT AT TOO HIGH RATE OF SPEED.HIT A BUMP CAUSING HIM TO LEAVE SEAT ABAND HIT ROPS CAB WITH HIS HEAD.EMPL SUSTAINED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
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