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Big Lake Pit: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Mt. Vernon, Skagit County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503831

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.
See Skagit Aggregates, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
7.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
7.1%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 35.7% low, 64.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-08-20
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2025-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Skagit Aggregates, LLC 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 5
2024 8
2023 5
2022 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Big Lake Pit sits in Skagit County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Skagit County, Washington · Population 130,407
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$85,474
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 834 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 329 1 0 3039.5
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
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,115 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,216 0 0 0.0
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, 2024 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Skagit Aggregates, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped down off of our service truck onto uneven muddy ground and rolled EE's ankle

July 22, 2024 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Skagit Aggregates, LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

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.