Mining Incidents

BAYVIEW PIT AND PLANT: 51 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Marvin Prince
Elma, Grays Harbor County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4502450

BAYVIEW PIT AND PLANT has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1991–2005
Latest incident
May 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
51
citations
13
significant & substantial
$6,177
proposed penalties
$5,801
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $376 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
412
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: 412 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BAYVIEW PIT AND PLANT has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $630 in penalties contested before the Commission, $598 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-09.
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.
25.5%
significant & substantial
5.9%
high negligence or reckless
27.5%
reasonably likely or greater
52.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.5% low, 70.6% moderate, 5.9% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$414 proposed, $414 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 2006-09-12.
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 2006-578M Settlement Lesnick 2006 $414 → $414
WEST20030165M Settlement Weisberger 2003 $216 → $184
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: 2005-06-29, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-06-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 1.89 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Bayview Redi Mix 1950 to 1988
  2. Bayview Redi-Mix Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 4
2007 0
2006 4
2005 4
2004 5
2003 6
2002 11
2001 8
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BAYVIEW PIT AND PLANT sits in Grays Harbor County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Grays Harbor County, Washington · Population 76,397
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$63,539
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
2026 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 19 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 19 2 0 105263.2
2024 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 103 3 0 29126.2
2023 Q3 179 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 135 1 0 7407.4
2023 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 147 3 1 20408.2
2022 Q2 279 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 89 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 735 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 118 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 830 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 455 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 490 9 5 18367.3
2019 Q4 866 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 880 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 242 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 541 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 691 3 2 4341.5
2006 Q1 932 1 0 1073.0
2005 Q4 992 1 0 1008.1
2005 Q3 1,445 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,742 3 0 1722.2
2005 Q1 1,886 1 0 530.2
2004 Q4 1,755 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,803 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,548 3 0 1938.0
2004 Q1 1,433 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,264 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,743 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,606 2 0 1245.3
2003 Q1 1,361 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,902 2 1 1051.5
2002 Q3 1,929 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,766 2 0 1132.5
2002 Q1 1,669 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,655 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,643 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,528 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,377 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,456 1 0 686.8
2000 Q3 1,666 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,566 11 4 7024.3
2000 Q1 1,029 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2005 · 1 incident

May 12, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bayview Redi-Mix Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED ON BIG ROCK, FELL FORWARD AND GRABBED CRUSHER WITH RIGHT ARM (INJURED RIGHT SHOULDER). HIT HEAD ON LADDER.

1997 · 1 incident

May 16, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bayview Redi-Mix Inc · Fall from machine

STANDING ON LOADER BUCKET TO SEE IF IT HAD A CRACK IN THE WELL AND WHEN HE GOT OFF, HE CAUGHT HIS HEEL AND FELL AND JAMMED HIS FINGER.

1991 · 1 incident

March 15, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bayview Redi-Mix Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BAR HIT HAND & CUT IT.