BIG BEAR QUARRY: 5 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
Rominco Llc
· Surface
MSHA Mine ID: 4500056
BIG BEAR QUARRY has $353 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1988–1998
- Latest incident
- Feb 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 23 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BIG BEAR QUARRY has $353 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-01-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
BIG BEAR QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.62 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
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Ted A Schaneltzer
1950 to 1980
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G R Severson Trucking Company
1980 to 1980
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William Joplin
1980 to 1981
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Miller Lime & Quarry Inc
1981 to 1988
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Miller Lime & Quarry
1988 to 1993
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Alpine Rockeries Inc
1993 to 1999
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Rominco Llc
1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2001 |
4 |
| 2000 |
12 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BIG BEAR QUARRY sits in Snohomish County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Snohomish County, Washington · Population 834,648
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$107,982
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2001 Q4 |
512 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 |
363 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 |
1,930 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 |
2,969 |
5 |
0 |
1684.1 |
| 2000 Q4 |
7,229 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
6,786 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
6,574 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
3,996 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
1998 · 1 incident
February 12, 1998
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Alpine Rockeries Inc · Struck by flying object
WAS STANDING ON JAW PLATFORM WORKING AT CONVEYOR BELT, TURNED TO WORK AT FEEDER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW UP FROM JAW AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.
1994 · 2 incidents
November 14, 1994
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator
MACHINERY
Alpine Rockeries Inc · Struck by flying object
WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE ROCK JAMMED IN JAW CRUSHER. METAL WEDGE FLEW OUT OF CRUSHER AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.
July 15, 1994
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alpine Rockeries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PRYING SHAKER SCREEN WITH ROCK BAR. BAR SLIPPED AND JOLTED BACK.
1993 · 1 incident
November 18, 1993
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alpine Rockeries Inc · Struck by falling object
JAW CRUSHER DIE SLIPPED OFF HOOK AND STRUCK FEET.