Mining Incidents

Upper Dry Creek Slate Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Matulich Ronald & Linda
drytown, Amador County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405410

Upper Dry Creek Slate Mine has $7K 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
63
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,335
proposed penalties
$7,335
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
37
inspections on record
403
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: 403 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Upper Dry Creek Slate Mine has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-09-21.
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
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q3 2,056 3 0 1459.1
2023 Q2 885 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,803 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,094 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 314 3 1 9554.1
Show 87 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 657 2 0 3044.1
2021 Q3 1,569 1 0 637.3
2021 Q2 358 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 921 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,450 3 0 2069.0
2020 Q2 396 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q3 1,449 8 2 5521.0
2019 Q2 956 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 762 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,574 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 925 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 940 5 3 5319.1
2017 Q3 1,094 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 320 3 1 9375.0
2016 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 858 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 992 5 0 5040.3
2015 Q3 936 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,013 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 816 3 0 3676.5
2014 Q3 1,397 5 2 3579.1
2014 Q2 408 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 561 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,252 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 484 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 972 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,334 5 2 3748.1
2011 Q3 1,988 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,196 1 0 836.1
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,004 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,907 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,175 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,401 1 0 713.8
2009 Q3 2,153 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,493 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 2,265 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,691 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,038 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,975 2 0 1012.7
2007 Q3 2,706 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,171 2 0 921.2
2007 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,508 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,490 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,478 1 0 403.6
2006 Q1 997 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,295 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,514 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,321 3 0 1292.5
2005 Q1 1,476 1 0 677.5
2004 Q4 1,375 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,801 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 704 3 0 4261.4
2004 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,929 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,895 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 625 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 262 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,517 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,910 1 0 523.6
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,440 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.

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