Mining Incidents

Fitch Road Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Perry Thompson
Alturas, CA, Modoc County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0403367

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Sep 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
135
citations
30
significant & substantial
$98,709
proposed penalties
$61,045
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 2,255 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 473 1 0 2114.2
2024 Q4 6,299 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,616 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 26 1 0 38461.5
2024 Q1 123 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,635 4 1 2446.5
2023 Q3 1,778 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 26, 2012 CA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · MACHINERY
Eagle Peak Rock and Paving · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was kneeling on left track of dozer attempting to adjust the throttle linkage when the dozer went to full throttle and began moving forward, sending the miner to the front of the dozer, resulting in him being run over and crushed by the machine.