Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
English Español
← Back to search

Avery Pit: 145 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by R B Pamplin Corp
Wishram, Klickitat County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4500671

Avery Pit has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Avery Pit.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1999–2016
Latest incident
Sep 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
145
citations
35
significant & substantial
$19,369
proposed penalties
$19,369
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
62
inspections on record
1,211
inspection hours
12.0
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.
145 citations across 1,211 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Avery Pit has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
139 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $873 in penalties contested before the Commission, $873 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
24.5%
significant & substantial
1.4%
high negligence or reckless
24.5%
reasonably likely or greater
65.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.1% low, 82.5% moderate, 1.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$873 proposed, $873 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-05-23.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2013-836M Settlement Simonton 2013 $873 → $873
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2021-11-02, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-12-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Mechanic
2020-12-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 Mechanic
2017-11-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.99 0.18 Truck Driver
2017-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-02-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2015-02-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.56 0.27 Mechanic
2009-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.86 0.38 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.06 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.1 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc 1950 to 1994
  2. Dalles Concrete Inc 1990 to 1996
  3. Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc 1996 to 1999
  4. Tripco Inc 1999 to 2000
  5. Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc 2000 to 2001
  6. Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 3
2024 5
2023 4
2022 5
2021 4
2020 5
2019 6
2018 7
2017 6
2016 6
2015 6
2014 7
2013 7
2012 7
2011 6
2010 5
2009 6
2008 7
2007 10
2006 9
2005 8
2004 8
2003 8
2002 11
2001 10
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Avery Pit sits in Klickitat County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Klickitat County, Washington · Population 23,082
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,400
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2025 Q3 46 1 0 21739.1
2025 Q2 1,625 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,561 1 0 640.6
2024 Q4 1,830 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,892 1 0 528.5
2024 Q2 2,035 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,760 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,913 4 0 2091.0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 2,021 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,541 2 0 1297.9
2023 Q1 1,533 1 0 652.3
2022 Q4 1,616 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,782 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,961 2 0 1019.9
2022 Q1 1,971 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,826 1 0 547.6
2021 Q3 1,851 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,730 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,471 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,391 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,545 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,612 2 0 1240.7
2020 Q1 1,732 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,560 1 0 641.0
2019 Q3 2,205 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,891 2 1 691.8
2019 Q1 2,979 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,246 1 0 308.1
2018 Q3 3,584 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,350 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,526 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,880 2 0 694.4
2017 Q3 2,930 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,133 2 0 937.6
2017 Q1 1,772 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,966 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,267 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,712 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,072 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,247 3 0 1335.1
2015 Q3 2,547 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,481 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,931 2 1 1035.7
2014 Q4 3,226 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,852 4 2 1402.5
2014 Q2 3,030 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,072 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,608 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,535 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,344 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,408 6 0 4261.4
2012 Q4 3,312 6 1 1811.6
2012 Q3 2,519 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,223 1 0 449.8
2012 Q1 1,354 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,846 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,453 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,184 5 1 1570.4
2011 Q1 1,048 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,248 4 2 1779.4
2010 Q3 1,845 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,118 1 0 320.7
2010 Q1 2,079 10 6 4810.0
2009 Q4 2,943 2 1 679.6
2009 Q3 2,356 1 0 424.4
2009 Q2 2,939 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,537 1 0 394.2
2008 Q4 2,837 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,316 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,045 7 0 3423.0
2008 Q1 2,310 7 1 3030.3
2007 Q4 5,749 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,133 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,525 1 1 221.0
2007 Q1 3,105 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,758 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,287 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,498 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,719 4 0 1075.6
2005 Q4 4,194 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,630 4 1 710.5
2005 Q2 4,453 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,385 2 0 838.6
2004 Q4 3,219 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,511 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,856 5 1 1029.7
2004 Q1 3,345 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,580 4 0 1117.3
2003 Q3 2,019 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,708 6 0 1618.1
2003 Q1 2,956 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,393 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,357 1 0 186.7
2002 Q2 5,874 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,246 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,637 8 3 1419.2
2001 Q3 6,271 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,716 27 13 4723.6
2001 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,704 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,164 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,127 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2016 · 1 incident

September 13, 2016 WA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales POWERED HAULAGE
Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Lower back and left leg was having pain as employee was using the clutch in the water truck.

2012 · 1 incident

October 3, 2012 WA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent OTHER
Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was running a grader. Employees noticed grader was banked against a rock pile and went to see why. EE was found slumped over the steering wheel of the grader. It was originally thought that he suffered from a heart attack, but autopsy shows possible electrocution. Accident is still under investigation through MSHA. Another investigator took over the investigation.

2007 · 1 incident

September 6, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER
Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Was walking down stairs by office, got stung 2 times in the left hand by yellow jackets.

2004 · 1 incident

October 14, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

AN ACCIDENT CONTRIBUTING TO THE EMPLOYEE'S CONDITION IS UNKNOWN. EMPLOYEE OPERATED A VOLVO L220D RUBBER TIRED FRONT END LOADER. THE LOADER IS EQUIPED WITH AIR SUSPENSION SEAT, A/C & ADJUSTABLE STEERING & OPERATING LEVER POSITIONS. 4 TO 8 HRS/WK EE WAS ASSIGNED MAINTENANCE DUTIES SUCH AS WELDING, MECHANICAL REPAIRS TO CONVEYORS, OIL & GREASE.

2003 · 2 incidents

May 22, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE WAS OPERATING WATER TRUCK POSITION. TRUCK UNDER LOADING SPOUT, STOPPED TRUCK, JUMPED OUT TO REFILL TRUCK, THAT'S WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.

April 29, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc · Struck by flying object

COWORKER & EE WERE PASSING EACH OTHER ON HAUL ROAD, EE WAS EMPTY & COWORKER WAS LOADED, ROCKS CAME OFF COWORKER'S TRUCK & BOUNCED OFF THE TIRES & HIT EE'S WINDSHIELD CAUSING IT TO SHATTER. EE HAD A FEW GLASS SPLINTERS IN HIS RT EYE. ANOTHER COWORKER TOOK HIM TO ER. GLASS SPLINTERS REMOVED & EE REC'D TETANUS SHOT & ANTIOBIOTIC EYE DROPS, RELEASED TO FULL DUTY NEXT DAY. FOLLOW UP APP

2002 · 2 incidents

July 10, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

7/10 7/11 FEET COOKED IN WORK BOOTS OVER 2 DAY PERIOD OF JOB SITE

2001 · 2 incidents

August 7, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING 6-WHEELER OFF HIGHWAY END DUMP, 30 TON, WENT AROUND CURVE TO EAST AND BED LAID OVER ON SIDE BRINGING TRUCK TO ABRUPT HALT. KNEE HIT DASH.

January 5, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pacific Northwest Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK STRUCK IN FEEDER DOOR, WAS REMOVING AND SMASHED FINGER WITH METAL BAR.

1999 · 1 incident

March 15, 1999 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tripco Inc · Struck against stationary object

NO ADVERSE CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT. EE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON AND CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS NECK.