Mining Incidents

MCCARTY PIT: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Estate of Robert Jones
Douglas Flat, Calaveras County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405200

MCCARTY PIT has $643 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2007
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$643
proposed penalties
$512
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $131 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
104
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: 104 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MCCARTY PIT has $643 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$643
proposed penalties
$512
current assessed
$512
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $243 in penalties contested before the Commission, $112 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-08-26.
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
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 80.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
54%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$243 proposed, $112 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2008-10-02.
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 2009-5M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $243 → $112
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Foothill Materials, Inc. 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 0
2023 0
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 3
2017 2
2016 1
2015 1
2014 2
2013 1
2011 0
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MCCARTY PIT sits in Calaveras County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Calaveras County, California · Population 45,995
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$79,877
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
2026 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 64 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 67 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 58 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 103 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 107 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 99 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 62 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 49 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 61 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 414 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 219 1 0 4566.2
2013 Q2 257 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 129 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 126 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 103 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 183 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 140 2 0 14285.7
2009 Q1 134 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 219 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 192 1 0 5208.3
2008 Q2 384 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 278 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 235 1 0 4255.3
2007 Q2 375 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 279 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 249 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 179 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 164 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 107 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 123 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 208 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 244 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 293 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 143 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 341 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 387 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 146 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 157 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 479 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 29 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 364 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 24 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.