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Silver Lake Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John R James
Baker, San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405281

Silver Lake Mine has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 1996
199
citations
48
significant & substantial
$51,254
proposed penalties
$48,924
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,330 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
70
inspections on record
1,477
inspection hours
13.5
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.
199 citations across 1,477 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Silver Lake Mine has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$51K
proposed penalties
$49K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
197 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 1,200 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,844 1 0 542.3
2025 Q2 2,526 1 0 395.9
2025 Q1 1,628 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,801 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,005 4 1 1995.0
2024 Q2 2,150 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,100 1 0 476.2
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,650 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,374 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,408 4 0 1661.1
2023 Q1 2,392 6 0 2508.4
2022 Q4 1,545 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,584 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,561 3 0 1921.8
2022 Q1 1,183 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,578 4 0 2534.9
2021 Q3 1,506 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,639 1 0 610.1
2021 Q1 1,594 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,536 1 0 651.0
2020 Q3 1,581 3 1 1897.5
2020 Q2 1,581 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,300 3 0 2307.7
2019 Q4 1,089 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,244 11 2 8842.4
2019 Q2 1,654 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,257 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,192 2 0 1677.9
2018 Q3 1,934 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,932 3 1 1552.8
2018 Q1 1,735 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,751 7 2 3997.7
2017 Q3 1,427 3 0 2102.3
2017 Q2 1,589 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,717 1 0 582.4
2016 Q4 1,493 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,253 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,872 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,593 5 2 3138.7
2015 Q4 1,856 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,440 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,323 5 0 2152.4
2015 Q1 2,659 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,020 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,736 7 2 2558.5
2014 Q2 2,835 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,281 11 4 4822.4
2013 Q4 2,489 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,715 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,470 4 0 1619.4
2013 Q1 2,360 5 3 2118.6
2012 Q4 2,182 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,448 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,985 1 0 503.8
2012 Q1 1,914 5 4 2612.3
2011 Q4 1,790 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,725 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,468 2 1 1362.4
2011 Q1 1,487 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 965 3 1 3108.8
2010 Q3 903 3 1 3322.3
2010 Q2 891 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 833 5 2 6002.4
2009 Q4 869 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,463 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 672 1 0 1488.1
2009 Q1 1,941 2 1 1030.4
2008 Q4 1,452 4 2 2754.8
2008 Q3 1,772 2 1 1128.7
2008 Q2 1,384 1 0 722.5
2008 Q1 1,874 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,007 2 0 996.5
2007 Q3 1,604 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,300 2 0 1538.5
2007 Q1 1,614 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,517 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,763 3 1 1701.6
2006 Q2 2,090 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,216 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,396 4 0 2865.3
2005 Q3 1,331 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,526 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,259 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,249 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,482 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,574 10 4 6353.2
2004 Q1 1,274 3 1 2354.8
2003 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,016 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,490 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,063 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,087 3 2 1437.5
2002 Q3 2,159 3 1 1389.5
2002 Q2 2,233 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,294 15 2 6538.8
2001 Q4 1,964 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,815 16 3 8815.4
2001 Q2 990 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,786 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,877 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,597 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,291 2 1 1549.2
2000 Q1 1,399 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

May 19, 2025 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hahm International Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee is the only one who knows why EE turned left, into an old pit not used in 10 years. EE turned left, ran over a locked gate and drove over the edge. EE fell 70' to the bench level. Sudden impact is what killed EE.

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