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Penny Creek Rock Products Metal/Non-Metal

JJC Resources, LLC · Surface
Quilcene, Jefferson County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503356

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2001–2011
Latest incident
Oct 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
187
citations
53
significant & substantial
$50,142
proposed penalties
$39,196
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 576 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 904 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,107 3 0 2710.0
2025 Q1 944 2 0 2118.6
2024 Q4 692 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,601 2 0 1249.2
2024 Q2 1,274 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 682 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

8 on file

2011 · 1 incident

October 18, 2011 WA · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Penny Creek Quarry LLC · Accident type, without injuries

At about 9:30 AM an employee started a fire in the Earth Stove in the shop. The stove pipe was defective and subsequently started an un-contained fire at the back of the shop. The incident was reported to MSHA in a timely manner. The maintenance shop was a total loss. There were no rules violated, no mining equipment involved, no related job skills and did not involve PPE.

2005 · 3 incidents

April 11, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
Penny Creek Quarry · Struck against a moving object

The main cause of the accident was failure of rear brakes on the haul truck. This was the first trip with this haul truck bringing a load down the hill.

April 11, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
Penny Creek Quarry · Struck against a moving object

The brakes failed causing us to wreck. EE had contusion to head, broken, torn spleen, broken ribs.

March 25, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Penny Creek Quarry · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS MOVING A LARGE ROCK WITH A BAR, THE ROCK MOVED AND BAR CAME BACK AND HIT EE IN HEAD

2003 · 2 incidents

July 9, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Penny Creek Quarry · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS REPAIRING CRUSHING EQUIPMENT USING AIR GUN & HIT HIMSELF IN THE BOUTH KNOCKING & BREAKING HIS TWO FRONT TOP TEETH.

April 22, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penny Creek Quarry · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPENED FRONT WINDOW OF KOMATSU TO OVERHEAD POSITION AND CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER IN LATCH MECHANISM.

2002 · 1 incident

August 14, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver STRIKING OR BUMPING
Penny Creek Quarry · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WALKED OUT OF A BUILDING & HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF SCAFFOLDING.

2001 · 1 incident

January 9, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penny Creek Quarry · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING METAL PARTS TO BE PLACED IN LOADER BUCKET TO BE TRANSFERED TO A DIFFERENT PART OF QUARRY. HE APPARENTLY LIFTED OR TWISTED WHILE LIFTING.