Big Lake Pit has $2K 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
2
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Dec 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
14
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,302
proposed penalties
$2,302
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
13
inspections on record
115
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: 115 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 Lake Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
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
2025 Q4
666
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
1,171
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,119
1
0
893.7
2025 Q1
998
7
1
7014.0
2024 Q4
1,267
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
1,765
1
0
566.6
2024 Q2
1,115
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
1,216
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
1,090
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,597
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,140
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
1,049
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
1,384
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,411
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
1,039
1
0
962.5
2022 Q1
1,218
3
0
2463.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2024 · 2 incidents
December 26, 2024WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was using a shovel to clear debris out from under a piece of equipment. They reported to manager that their back was hurting. After direction from the manager they came to the office and reported the injury to Human Resources, employee was encouraged to go to the walk-in clinic, they completed the accident report at the office, prior to going to the walk-in clinic.
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