LINCOLN MINE PROJECT has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $574 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at LINCOLN MINE PROJECT.
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1989–2021
Latest incident
Oct 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
65
citations
6
significant & substantial
$8,405
proposed penalties
$8,281
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $124 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
68
inspections on record
1,036
inspection hours
6.3
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.
65 citations across 1,036 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
LINCOLN MINE PROJECT has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $574 outstanding across 1 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$574
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4
5,173
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
1,619
6
0
3706.0
2024 Q1
3,154
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
4,958
3
0
605.1
2023 Q3
4,958
1
0
201.7
2023 Q2
5,459
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,459
1
0
183.2
2022 Q4
5,459
0
0
0.0
Show 41 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3
5,618
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
10,523
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
9,778
1
0
102.3
2021 Q4
5,000
1
0
200.0
2021 Q3
3,028
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
1,978
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1,934
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
1,541
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,784
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,034
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,779
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,687
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
2,057
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,950
1
0
512.8
2019 Q1
1,970
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
1,848
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,952
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,777
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
2,075
1
0
481.9
2017 Q4
1,711
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,924
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,899
1
0
526.6
2017 Q1
1,879
1
0
532.2
2016 Q4
1,571
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,077
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
2,544
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,504
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,975
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,449
5
0
2041.6
2015 Q2
2,236
4
0
1788.9
2015 Q1
1,204
5
2
4152.8
2014 Q4
2,064
1
0
484.5
2014 Q3
2,917
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
2,468
2
0
810.4
2014 Q1
4,888
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
7,637
7
2
916.6
2013 Q3
8,999
5
0
555.6
2013 Q2
12,034
5
1
415.5
2013 Q1
12,315
8
1
649.6
2012 Q4
11,908
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
10,982
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2021 · 1 incident
October 30, 2021CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
After completing some welds wearing safety glasses and shield, employee moved a ladder. Dust fell on EE and EE got something in their eye. EE used the eyewash station and returned to work. EE's eye got irritated later in the shift. EE washed eyes again and the manager told EE to see a doctor. The employee left work and received treatment.
While removing lids from 55-gallon steel drums of drill cuttings using an adjustable wrench, a lid from one blew off striking worker in head. Impact knocked off safety glasses and prescription eye wear. Impact resulted in facial laceration on right eyebrow and bruising around the eye.
On 7/27/13 EE was attempting to hitch a a pipe trailer to the bucket of an u.g. mucker, slipped and smashed his right ring finger pinching it between the shackle and the bucket. First aid was applied and miner was taken to Hospital. E.R. where he was seen and release for light duty.
May 21, 2013CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee reported injury on 5/31/2013. Employee was weedeating on a steep slope behind the shop staff services building. Both of his feet slipped forward and he landed on his buttocks on rocky ground. The doctor report indicates that the employee has sustained a contusion and strain to the lower lumbar region with pain radiating down left leg.
2012 · 1 incident
September 24, 2012CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Worker exited out of water truck and experienced lower back pain. Management was told he placed his left foot on the ground using 3 points of contact facing the water truck and that is when he heard a pop and injured his lower back. The employee reported the injury to management complaining of numbness in his foot and pain in his lower back.
1991 · 2 incidents
August 5, 1991CA · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manPOISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
MINER DID NOT PROPERLY VENTILATE WORK AREA AS INSTRUCTED. WHE HE ENTERED HIS WORK AREA HE ENCOUNTERED AIR WITH POSSIBLY HIGH LEVELS OF OXIDES ON NITROGEN AND CO GAS. HE EXPERIENCED SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND HEADACHE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE AMADOR COUNTY HOPSITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. HE WAS EXAMINED, TESTED AND RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK.
August 5, 1991CA · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manPOISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
MINER DIDNT PROPERLY VENTILATE WORK AREA AS INSTRUCTED.WHEN HE ENTERED WORK AREA ENCOUNTERED AIR WITH POSSIBLY HIGH LEVELS OF OXIDES OF NITROGEN & CO GAS.EXPERIENCED SHORTNESS OF BREATH & HEAD ACHE.TAKEN TO EMERG RM,EXAMINED,TESTED & RELEASE
1989 · 1 incident
December 18, 1989CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING WASTE OIL BARRELS TO THE STORAGE AREA BEHIND THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON THE STEEL RACK AND FELL INTO THE RACK, SUSTAINING A CUT TO THE FACIAL ARE UNDER THE R IGHT EYE AND THE NOSE. THE INJURY REQUIRED ELEVEN SUTURES.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on LINCOLN MINE PROJECT
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.