Mining Incidents

Blockhouse Butte Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Martin's Feed, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Martin Ruiter
Goldendale, WA, Klickitat County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502011

Blockhouse Butte Mine has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Jul 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
46
citations
7
significant & substantial
$12,691
proposed penalties
$12,286
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $405 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
15
inspections on record
247
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: 247 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blockhouse Butte Mine has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-05-07.
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
2020 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 315 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 797 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 156 4 0 25641.0
2019 Q1 87 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 447 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2 897 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,032 2 0 1938.0
2017 Q4 337 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 839 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 223 1 0 4484.3
2017 Q1 113 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 278 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 871 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 213 3 1 14084.5
2016 Q1 326 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 581 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 692 6 1 8670.5
2015 Q2 499 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 169 7 0 41420.1
2014 Q3 353 23 5 65155.8
2014 Q2 851 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,477 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,727 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 692 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

July 1, 2014 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin's Feed, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Changing screens in plant, screen started to slip. Attempted to catch a jerked arm & shoulder. Injury to left shoulder.

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