Mining Incidents

Wheelock Road Rock Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Christopher L Brown
Paradise, Butte County, CA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0405961

Wheelock Road Rock Pit has $5K 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
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Feb 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
30
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,160
proposed penalties
$5,160
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
15
inspections on record
187
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: 187 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wheelock Road Rock Pit has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-25.
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
2025 Q4 1,759 3 0 1705.5
2025 Q3 3,044 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,829 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10,995 17 5 1546.2
2024 Q4 1,878 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,425 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,774 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 515 1 0 1941.7
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,936 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,313 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 644 1 0 1552.8
2023 Q1 681 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 925 8 2 8648.6
2022 Q3 571 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

February 6, 2023 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Brown General Engineering, Inc · Struck by flying object

EE was removing a bolt that was welded into place cutting the wells off with an angle grinder to replace a liner, the blade on the angle grinder broke and a piece hit EE on the top of the right forearm.

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