Mining Incidents

NORCAL Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Frank Dutra
Willits, Mendocino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405568

NORCAL has $13K 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 2003
49
citations
12
significant & substantial
$13,199
proposed penalties
$9,197
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,002 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
26
inspections on record
284
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: 284 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

NORCAL has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-04-08.
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
2016 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 536 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 599 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 502 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 837 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 801 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 852 2 0 2347.4
2015 Q1 566 4 0 7067.1
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 791 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 774 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 717 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 465 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 654 1 0 1529.1
2013 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 596 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 353 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 401 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 654 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 333 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 594 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 575 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 535 2 0 3738.3
2011 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 550 5 2 9090.9
2010 Q3 585 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 519 2 0 3853.6
2010 Q1 382 9 3 23560.2
2009 Q4 468 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 555 4 2 7207.2
2009 Q2 527 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 443 3 0 6772.0
2008 Q4 602 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 676 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 562 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 388 3 0 7732.0
2007 Q4 465 2 1 4301.1
2007 Q3 762 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 651 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 481 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 687 2 0 2911.2
2006 Q3 819 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 469 3 2 6396.6
2006 Q1 352 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 599 3 1 5008.3
2005 Q3 757 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 95 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 151 3 0 19867.5
2004 Q4 384 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 324 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 273 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 964 1 1 1037.3
2003 Q3 1,259 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.

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