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: 11 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pentz Pit has $110 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.
$110
proposed penalties
$110
current assessed
$110
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-08-16.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2003
0
2002
1
2001
0
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pentz Pit sits in Butte County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Butte County, California · Population 209,470
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,574
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
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
438
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
43
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
845
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
0
0
0
2001 Q2
0
0
0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4
753
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,308
2
0
1529.1
2000 Q2
991
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
34
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
1992 · 2 incidents
May 21, 1992CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURY OCCURRED 8-9-91. COMPANY CONTRACTING INF-ORMED OF INJURY 4-4-92. INVESTIGATION UNTIL 4-22-92.INJ NOT AN EMPL OF COMPANY. (TRIPPED ON PLATFORM SCALE)
1990 · 1 incident
May 2, 1990CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
MAN WAS SETTING REBAR FOR CONCRETE FORMS HAND SLIPPED AND REBAR CAUGHT LEFT ARM AND CUT IT. WAS SENT TO IMMEDIATE CARE WHERE STITCHES WERE USED IN TREATMENT. WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK THE SAM E DAY.
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