Mining Incidents

SPANISH CREEK SAND & GRAVEL: 12 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Chatfield Ranch Llc · Surface
spanish creek, Plumas County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401667

SPANISH CREEK SAND & GRAVEL has $854 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 2001
12
citations
2
significant & substantial
$854
proposed penalties
$854
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
8
inspections on record
71
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: 71 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SPANISH CREEK SAND & GRAVEL has $854 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.
$854
proposed penalties
$854
current assessed
$854
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-08-17.
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
83.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Spanish Creek Aggregates 1950 to 1999
  2. Chatfield Ranch Llc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 1
2004 4
2003 6
2002 7
2001 7
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SPANISH CREEK SAND & GRAVEL sits in Plumas County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Plumas County, California · Population 19,607
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,946
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
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,156 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,853 3 0 1619.0
2004 Q2 1,840 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 2,698 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3 4,042 3 0 742.2
2003 Q2 3,641 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,907 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,141 3 1 724.5
2002 Q2 3,387 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,540 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,881 3 1 773.0
2001 Q2 5,036 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 461 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,194 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,006 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,942 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 180 0 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.