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Black Diamond Quarry: 177 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

JJC Resources, LLC · Surface
Port Angeles, Clallam County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503570

Black Diamond Quarry has $197K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2004–2010
Latest incident
Apr 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
177
citations
63
significant & substantial
$196,944
proposed penalties
$111,842
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $85,102 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
54
inspections on record
929
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: 929 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-06-25.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Black Diamond Quarry has $197K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$197K
proposed penalties
$112K
current assessed
$112K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
175 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $142K in penalties contested before the Commission, $56K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-31.
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.
35.8%
significant & substantial
22.7%
high negligence or reckless
35.8%
reasonably likely or greater
61.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.6% none, 11.9% low, 64.8% moderate, 22.7% 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.
37 citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 41%
  • Stood as issued 19 · 51%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 8%
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 18 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
61%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$142K proposed, $56K 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 2015-11-12.
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 2008-1113M Prevail Manning 2011 $65K → $2K
WEST 2015-0382 Prevail Barbour 2016 $52K → $30K
WEST 2014-1004 Default Lesnick 2015 $20K → $20K
WEST 2012-515M Default Lesnick 2012 $2K → $2K
WEST 2016-0115 Default Lesnick 2016 $1K → $1K
WEST 2008-1196M Settlement Manning 2011 $807 → $75
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: 2021-04-27, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 2.3 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2014-06-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-08-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-19 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. D. Holcomb & Co. 2004 to 2017
  2. JJC Resources, LLC 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 5
2022 4
2021 4
2020 3
2019 3
2018 4
2017 5
2016 5
2015 4
2014 3
2013 4
2012 4
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 4
2007 5
2006 4
2005 3
2004 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Black Diamond Quarry sits in Clallam 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.
Clallam County, Washington · Population 77,593
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$67,999
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 1,411 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 539 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,084 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 857 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,731 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 642 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,051 2 0 1902.9
2024 Q3 1,934 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,829 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,642 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 757 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,353 5 2 3695.5
2023 Q2 1,914 2 0 1044.9
2023 Q1 1,384 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,604 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 862 2 0 2320.2
2022 Q2 1,650 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 889 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,976 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,724 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,830 3 0 1639.3
2021 Q1 1,010 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,550 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,831 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,572 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,029 1 0 971.8
2019 Q4 1,438 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 614 2 0 3257.3
2019 Q2 2,577 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 892 2 0 2242.2
2018 Q4 2,044 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,028 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,914 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,106 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,221 3 0 1350.7
2017 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,426 2 0 1402.5
2016 Q4 2,143 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,541 8 3 3148.4
2016 Q2 2,069 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,633 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,922 10 5 5202.9
2015 Q3 1,864 5 0 2682.4
2015 Q2 2,026 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,652 3 0 1816.0
2014 Q4 1,207 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,156 2 1 633.7
2014 Q2 1,512 14 7 9259.3
2014 Q1 1,188 7 1 5892.3
2013 Q4 1,592 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,947 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,791 5 1 1791.5
2013 Q1 2,966 4 0 1348.6
2012 Q4 2,863 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,148 4 1 1862.2
2012 Q2 1,864 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,689 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,689 3 1 1776.2
2011 Q3 1,322 2 0 1512.9
2011 Q1 973 4 1 4111.0
2010 Q4 911 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 913 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,091 7 3 6416.1
2010 Q1 1,283 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,059 2 0 1888.6
2009 Q3 1,006 4 1 3976.1
2009 Q2 1,557 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 970 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,775 1 0 563.4
2008 Q3 2,073 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,237 5 4 2235.1
2008 Q1 2,260 10 6 4424.8
2007 Q4 2,396 8 2 3338.9
2007 Q3 2,841 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,429 3 0 1235.1
2007 Q1 2,093 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,946 10 10 5138.7
2006 Q3 2,408 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,475 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,421 17 8 4969.3
2005 Q4 1,859 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 960 10 6 10416.7
2004 Q4 720 4 0 5555.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2010 · 1 incident

April 1, 2010 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D. Holcomb & Co. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A customer dump truck driver got out of his truck facing forward and slipped on the lower step of the cab, then slipped on the rub rail of the scale and fell on a concrete lock-block.

2004 · 1 incident

July 12, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Unknown operator · Struck by falling object

Filling stemming bags, a rock came down the hill, the employee turned to move, but was not quick enough.