Mining Incidents

Pine Canyon Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Donald D Chapin Jr
salinas, Monterey County, CA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0404795

Pine Canyon Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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
Aug 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
27
citations
3
significant & substantial
$5,147
proposed penalties
$4,617
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $530 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
283
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: 283 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pine Canyon Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-12-05.
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 1,871 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,794 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,798 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,995 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,037 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,415 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 642 0 0 0.0
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 594 1 0 1683.5
2023 Q3 869 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 496 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 553 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 928 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,871 1 0 534.5
2022 Q1 1,207 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,756 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 846 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,398 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 619 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 410 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 331 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 721 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,381 1 0 724.1
2019 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,247 3 0 2405.8
2019 Q1 447 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 277 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,171 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,298 3 0 2311.2
2018 Q1 309 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,113 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 114 6 1 52631.6
2017 Q1 697 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 149 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 49 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 222 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 101 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 474 5 1 10548.5
2006 Q3 216 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 226 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 121 1 0 8264.5
2005 Q4 197 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,108 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 214 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 441 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 577 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 518 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,481 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 463 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,532 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 338 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 358 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 469 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,899 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 351 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 233 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 407 1 0 2457.0
2001 Q3 715 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 324 1 0 3086.4
2000 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 216 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

August 31, 2017 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Don Chapin Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employees finger became pinch between loader bucket and attachment pin. Employee was taken to clinic where treatment beyond first aid was rendered.

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