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Lawson Quarry Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Lawson Quarry Inc · Surface

Controlled by Thomas Lawson

Friday harbor, San Juan County, WA · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4503325

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2009–2017
Latest incident: Mar 2017

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

262

citations

significant & substantial

$153,953

proposed penalties

$101,366

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	2,741	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	2,881	8	1	2776.8
2025 Q2	2,780	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	2,700	7	0	2592.6
2024 Q4	891	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,924	3	1	1559.3
2024 Q2	1,662	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,874	17	8	9071.5

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 1 incident

March 6, 2017 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Lawson Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner tried to free up a lodged rock and bar sprang back at EE, resulting in a cut to the shoulder. EE received several stitches.

2015 · 1 incident

July 14, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Lawson Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE smashed his finger using a rock bar.

2009 · 1 incident

October 28, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator ELECTRICAL

Lawson Quarry Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Alternator failed, causing battery to overheat and boil dry. A spark was somehow created during the jump starting process, igniting the gas and resulting in the explosion of the battery.