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Willow Creek Portable Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Mercer, Fraser Company · Surface

Controlled by Ted E Contri; Ted E Contri

Willow Creek, Humboldt County, CA  ·  Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 0402767

Willow Creek Portable Crusher has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

1

Years on record

1998

Latest incident

Jun 1998

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

120

citations

38

significant & substantial

$35,540

proposed penalties

$35,238

paid to date

99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

41

inspections on record

601

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: 601 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Willow Creek Portable Crusher has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 4 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.

$36K

proposed penalties

$36K

current assessed

$35K

paid to date

$302

outstanding

120 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-16.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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	88	2	0	22727.3
2025 Q3	320	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	0	0	0
2025 Q1	0	0	0
2024 Q4	135	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,254	2	0	1594.9
2024 Q2	1,263	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	0	0	0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	268	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	740	2	0	2702.7
2023 Q2	267	15	3	56179.8
2022 Q4	345	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	202	2	1	9901.0
2022 Q2	671	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	957	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	219	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	554	2	1	3610.1
2021 Q2	411	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	0	0	0
2020 Q4	533	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	1,226	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	1,816	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	0	0	0
2019 Q4	28	2	1	71428.6
2019 Q3	862	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	195	10	5	51282.1
2019 Q1	0	0	0
2018 Q4	1,304	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	1,849	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	671	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	388	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	596	9	7	15100.7
2017 Q3	1,425	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	1,048	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	24	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	779	9	3	11553.3
2016 Q3	1,949	3	0	1539.3
2016 Q2	411	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	0	0	0
2015 Q4	598	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	1,390	6	1	4316.5
2014 Q4	785	0	0	0.0
2014 Q3	349	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	0	0	0
2013 Q3	700	1	0	1428.6
2013 Q2	54	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	6	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	493	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	428	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	57	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	0	0	0
2011 Q4	1,627	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	749	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	819	3	0	3663.0
2011 Q1	215	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	785	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	695	10	6	14388.5
2010 Q2	21	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	0	0	0
2009 Q4	324	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	1,155	7	0	6060.6
2009 Q2	888	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	0	0	0
2008 Q4	484	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	1,047	13	5	12416.4
2008 Q2	1,324	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	144	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	546	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	108	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	173	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	0	0	0
2006 Q4	930	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	207	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	409	1	0	2445.0
2006 Q1	47	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	642	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	0	0	0
2005 Q2	657	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	532	1	0	1879.7
2004 Q4	48	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	249	2	2	8032.1
2004 Q2	564	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	354	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	37	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	325	1	0	3076.9
2003 Q2	72	6	2	83333.3
2003 Q1	0	0	0
2002 Q4	113	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	641	6	1	9360.4
2002 Q2	225	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	0	0	0
2001 Q4	490	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	876	2	0	2283.1
2001 Q2	229	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	0	0	0
2000 Q4	391	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	146	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	951	3	0	3154.6
2000 Q1	0	0	0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

June 16, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING

Mercer, Fraser Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE RAISED UP HEAD AND HIT ON PIPE ON SCREEN.

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