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PC-1200 - Smith River Site Metal/Non-Metal

Tidewater Contractors, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by George Harold Fitzhugh; John David Baldwin

Smith River, Del Norte County, CA  ·  Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 3503764

PC-1200 - Smith River Site has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

1

Years on record

2017

Latest incident

Oct 2017

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2012

70

citations

21

significant & substantial

$24,972

proposed penalties

$20,654

paid to date

83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,318 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2012

26

inspections on record

442

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: 442 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PC-1200 - Smith River Site has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$25K

proposed penalties

$21K

current assessed

$21K

paid to date

$0

outstanding

70 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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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	268	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	212	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	0	0	0
2025 Q1	158	1	0	6329.1
2024 Q4	413	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	119	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	0	0	0
2024 Q1	336	0	0	0.0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	39	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	291	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	62	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	113	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	124	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	240	1	0	4166.7
2022 Q2	64	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	195	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	260	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	185	1	1	5405.4
2021 Q2	175	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	112	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	160	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	448	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	399	3	0	7518.8
2020 Q1	467	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	271	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	346	4	0	11560.7
2019 Q2	301	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	234	8	1	34188.0
2018 Q4	364	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	274	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	368	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	249	6	6	24096.4
2017 Q4	303	5	1	16501.7
2017 Q3	292	6	1	20547.9
2017 Q2	176	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	153	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	230	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	201	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	207	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	146	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	197	5	0	25380.7
2015 Q3	210	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	198	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	147	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	225	8	1	35555.6
2014 Q3	218	1	0	4587.2
2014 Q2	905	7	3	7734.8
2014 Q1	184	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	1,173	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	1,275	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	609	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	76	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	632	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	1,345	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	2,338	11	7	4704.9
2012 Q1	976	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	480	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	192	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

October 18, 2017 CA · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Tidewater Contractors, Inc. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

While changing belts on the jaw, an employee was using a cable come-along. EE was pulling the motor tighter to the wheel, the come-along slipped and employee rolled off 5ft platform. The employee fell on shoulder and side of face sustaining laceration and broken nose. The employee was wearing hard hat, but was not wearing high fall gear.

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