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Blake Pit: 84 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard Hurworth
Sequim, Clallam County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4500581

Blake Pit has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1990–2005
Latest incident
Dec 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
84
citations
9
significant & substantial
$21,173
proposed penalties
$8,590
paid to date
41% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,583 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See DelHur Industries, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,008
inspection hours
8.3
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.
84 citations across 1,008 inspection hours.
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: 2026-01-08.
On record since 2026.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Blake Pit has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 1 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-24.
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.
10.8%
significant & substantial
8.4%
high negligence or reckless
10.8%
reasonably likely or greater
44.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.1% low, 73.5% moderate, 8.4% 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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Still open 8 · 100%
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 2026-04-07.
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 2026-0175 Decision pending
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: 2021-05-05, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2021-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2017-03-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 10 0.03 Electrician
2017-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.43 0.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2001-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.95 0.18 Utility Man
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. Blake Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to 2002
  2. Fred Hill Materials Inc 2002 to 2010
  3. Blake Sand & Gravel, Inc. 2010 to 2024
  4. DelHur Industries, Inc. 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 4
2024 5
2023 6
2022 6
2021 6
2020 6
2019 6
2018 6
2017 5
2016 7
2015 5
2014 4
2013 3
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 3
2003 4
2002 6
2001 9
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Blake Pit 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 1,854 9 2 4854.4
2026 Q1 1,262 9 2 7131.5
2025 Q4 1,915 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,522 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,771 9 2 5081.9
2025 Q1 1,306 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 821 2 0 2436.1
2024 Q3 1,710 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,985 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,751 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,795 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,227 2 0 898.1
2023 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,853 1 0 539.7
2022 Q4 1,689 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,280 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,200 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,766 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,083 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,719 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,216 1 0 451.3
2021 Q1 1,937 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,210 1 0 452.5
2020 Q3 2,121 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,299 1 0 435.0
2020 Q1 1,842 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,426 3 0 1236.6
2019 Q3 2,131 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,570 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,258 3 0 1328.6
2018 Q4 2,694 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,725 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,838 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,262 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,689 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,248 3 0 1334.5
2017 Q2 2,519 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,122 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,219 2 0 621.3
2016 Q3 2,594 1 0 385.5
2016 Q2 2,357 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,569 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,581 1 0 387.4
2015 Q3 2,291 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,911 1 0 523.3
2015 Q1 1,982 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,966 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,114 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,645 1 0 607.9
2014 Q1 1,907 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,813 4 1 2206.3
2013 Q3 1,398 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,069 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 552 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 893 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,247 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,139 2 0 1755.9
2012 Q1 1,022 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,182 1 0 846.0
2011 Q3 503 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 536 1 0 1865.7
2011 Q1 416 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 522 1 0 1915.7
2010 Q3 844 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 216 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,303 3 0 2302.4
2009 Q4 1,480 1 0 675.7
2009 Q3 1,487 3 1 2017.5
2009 Q2 1,506 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,516 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,982 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,313 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,383 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,416 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,706 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,701 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,660 2 0 751.9
2007 Q1 2,691 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,680 2 1 746.3
2006 Q3 2,675 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,769 1 0 361.1
2006 Q1 2,663 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,666 1 0 375.1
2005 Q3 2,697 2 0 741.6
2005 Q2 2,320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,434 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,470 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,044 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,988 4 0 2012.1
2004 Q1 2,256 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,976 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,141 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,758 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,080 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,886 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,627 1 0 275.7
2002 Q2 3,215 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,595 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,691 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,680 1 0 271.7
2001 Q2 4,447 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,295 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,352 4 0 1193.3
2000 Q3 2,641 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,732 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,792 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2005 · 1 incident

December 16, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fred Hill Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was cutting on some steel and some slag blew back into his right ear.

2002 · 1 incident

January 21, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blake Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE ADJUSTING A TAIL PULLEY ON A CONVEYOR. HE LANDED ON HIS KNEE ON THE HOPPER OF ANOTHER CONVEYOR.

1995 · 1 incident

January 18, 1995 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blake Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING FRONT END LOADER WHEN INJURY OCCURRED TO HIS UPPER MIDDLE & LOWER BACK

1991 · 2 incidents

June 7, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Blake Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT CONVEYOR BELT FROM SLIPPING ON HEAD PULLEY THE EMPLOYEE WAS TOSSING SAND ON THE HEAD PULLEY & HIS HAND OR SLEEVE OF HIS JACKET WAS DRAWN INTO PULLEY

April 9, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blake Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF STEEL WHICH SLIPPED & FELL SMASHING HIS FINGER & H ITTING HIS FOOT

1990 · 1 incident