Mining Incidents

PC-1200 - Smith River Site Metal/Non-Metal

Smith River, Del Norte County, CA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503764

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Oct 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
70
citations
21
significant & substantial
$24,972
proposed penalties
$20,654
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 268 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 1 0
2024 Q4 413 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 111 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 336 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

October 18, 2017 CA · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tidewater Contractors, Inc. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

While changing belts on the jaw, an employee was using a cable come-along. EE was pulling the motor tighter to the wheel, the come-along slipped and employee rolled off 5ft platform. The employee fell on shoulder and side of face sustaining laceration and broken nose. The employee was wearing hard hat, but was not wearing high fall gear.