Mining Incidents

Roads Extec Crusher: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Eureka, Humboldt County, CA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0405282

Roads Extec Crusher has $7K 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
7
Years on record
1996–2011
Latest incident
Oct 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
34
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,595
proposed penalties
$6,595
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
35
inspections on record
448
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: 448 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Roads Extec Crusher has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-26.
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.
26.5%
significant & substantial
5.9%
high negligence or reckless
26.5%
reasonably likely or greater
58.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.7% low, 79.4% moderate, 5.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-02-11.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20010406M Settlement Melick 2001 $2K → $2K
WEST 2009-495M Settlement Bulluck 2012 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2010-06-24, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.79 0.32 Backhoe Operator
2010-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.91 0.30 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. The Pacific Lumber Company 1995 to 2008
  2. Humboldt Redwood Company LLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 3
2021 3
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 3
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 2
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 4
2007 3
2006 4
2005 8
2004 2
2003 7
2002 6
2001 6
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Roads Extec Crusher 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 194 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 144 1 0 6944.4
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 321 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 418 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 429 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 92 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 533 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 426 4 2 9389.7
2022 Q1 146 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 363 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 321 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 526 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 157 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 222 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 153 1 0 6535.9
2019 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 63 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 1 1
2018 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 224 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 283 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 212 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 233 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 55 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 39 3 0 76923.1
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 417 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 580 5 1 8620.7
2013 Q2 946 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,230 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 606 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 607 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,381 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 215 5 1 23255.8
2008 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 983 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 113 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,746 1 0 572.7
2007 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 326 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 326 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 465 1 0 2150.5
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 587 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,290 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,651 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,406 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,374 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,963 1 0 509.4
2002 Q4 925 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 950 2 0 2105.3
2002 Q2 1,049 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,223 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,857 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,469 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,865 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,374 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,293 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,094 5 1 981.5
2000 Q2 4,848 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,827 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2011 · 1 incident

October 25, 2011 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Humboldt Redwood Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing access ladder to grease Extec Screener before startup. Felt something "give" in his the calf of his right leg. Experienced high level of pain and not able to put weight on leg.

2008 · 1 incident

November 24, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Humboldt Redwood Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

Setting up for welding repairs on the top of the extec screener/crusher-pulling welding leads up to the work site. Swung body around strikig forehead against the headblock of the shop truck crane which was holding the repair component in place. Laceration to right forehead requiring sutures.

2004 · 1 incident

January 8, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Pacific Lumber Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While shoveling mud from around a tail pulley, he twisted knee.

1999 · 2 incidents

July 14, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Pacific Lumber Company · Fall from machine

WHILE TAKING A BELT APART FOR REPLACEMENT ON THE FINGER SCREEN, HE FELL ABOUT 5 FEET AND ON HIS WAY DOWN STRUCK THE STEEL ROLLER CASE.

January 6, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Pacific Lumber Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DISMANTLING A HANDRAIL, HE LOST HIS GRIP WHICH ALLOWED THE HANDRAIL TO FALL AND PINCH HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

1996 · 2 incidents

July 16, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
The Pacific Lumber Company · Struck by falling object

DUST GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

February 1, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Pacific Lumber Company · Fall from machine

WHILE STEPPING ON BOTTOM RUNG OF THE LOADER LADDER [DESCENDING] HE SLIPPED. UPON LANDING, HE HYEREXTENED HIS LEFT KNEE.