Mining Incidents

A & B Rock Pit Metal/Non-Metal

A & B Rock, Inc. · Surface
Everson, Whatcom County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503685

A & B Rock Pit has $84K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
107
citations
34
significant & substantial
$83,648
proposed penalties
$55,666
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27,982 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
27
inspections on record
488
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: 488 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

A & B Rock Pit has $84K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$84K
proposed penalties
$56K
current assessed
$56K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-05-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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
2020 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 480 2 1 4166.7
2020 Q1 560 1 0 1785.7
2019 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 560 2 0 3571.4
2019 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 640 17 4 26562.5
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 560 2 1 3571.4
2018 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,511 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,319 2 0 1516.3
2017 Q3 1,392 10 4 7183.9
2017 Q2 1,111 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 960 15 6 15625.0
2016 Q3 1,280 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,120 4 0 3571.4
2016 Q1 1,120 4 3 3571.4
2015 Q4 840 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 983 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,040 1 0 961.5
2014 Q3 644 3 1 4658.4
2014 Q2 1,037 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 892 2 0 2242.2
2013 Q4 1,150 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 942 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 697 2 0 2869.4
2013 Q1 700 1 0 1428.6
2012 Q4 739 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 608 11 3 18092.1
2012 Q2 693 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 621 3 1 4830.9
2011 Q4 845 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 766 7 1 9138.4
2011 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 442 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 730 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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