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.
Wheelock Road Rock Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Brown General Engineering, Inc
· Surface
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
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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.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
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| 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 file2023 · 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
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