Mining Incidents

R Brown & Son's Quarry: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

R Brown & Son's Quarry · Surface
Controlled by Roger D Brown
WILLOW CREEK, Humboldt County, CA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0405388

R Brown & Son's Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2000
18
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,162
proposed penalties
$2,162
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
333
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: 333 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

R Brown & Son's Quarry has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-22.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
61.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 27.8% low, 72.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2021-05-04, 5 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Tractor Operator
2021-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. R Brown & Son's Quarry 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 148
2024 2
2023 2
2022 1
2021 2
2020 9
2019 4
2018 6
2017 6
2016 9
2015 7
2014 4
2013 6
2012 8
2011 8
2010 5
2009 6
2008 6
2007 8
2006 10
2005 6
2004 5
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

R Brown & Son's Quarry sits in Humboldt 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.
Humboldt County, California · Population 135,418
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,135
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 676 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,129 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 878 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 155 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 313 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 245 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 297 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 933 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 154 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 387 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 624 3 0 4807.7
2023 Q1 415 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 161 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 296 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 127 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 594 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 73 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 667 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,157 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 965 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 236 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 163 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 151 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 345 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 969 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 790 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 448 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 731 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,001 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 553 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 799 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 651 2 0 3072.2
2016 Q2 1,631 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 263 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 721 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 206 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 727 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 294 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 69 1 0 14492.8
2013 Q2 758 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 344 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 381 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 713 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 447 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,167 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 890 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 674 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 87 4 2 45977.0
2010 Q3 398 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 219 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 174 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 539 1 0 1855.3
2009 Q2 719 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 258 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 78 1 0 12820.5
2008 Q2 331 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 236 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 645 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,989 1 0 502.8
2007 Q1 891 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 612 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 453 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 654 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 374 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 914 2 0 2188.2
2005 Q2 593 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,015 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 257 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 525 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 832 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 198 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 682 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 218 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 269 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 509 1 0 1964.6
2000 Q2 869 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.