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Boulder Hill Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $0 currently outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

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Boulder Hill Pit: 43 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Surface

Controlled by Walt Miles

Oak Harbor, Island County, WA · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 4503481

Boulder Hill Pit has $5K 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: 4
Years on record: 2005–2025
Latest incident: Oct 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$4,592

proposed penalties

$4,592

paid to date

100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2001

inspections on record

678

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 678 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$5K

proposed penalties

$5K

current assessed

$5K

paid to date

outstanding

43 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Violation severity profile

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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.

14.0%

significant & substantial

0.0%

high negligence or reckless

14.0%

reasonably likely or greater

60.5%

permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs

Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 37.2% low, 62.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.

Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

Health sampling

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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)

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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: 2026-05-07

of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit

samples

limit-tested

Most sampled contaminants

Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1

Show the individual readings (10)

Date	Contaminant	Concentration	Limit	Conc / limit	Occupation
2026-05-07	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-07	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Laborer, Bullgang
2026-05-07	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-06	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-27	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-27	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator
2012-02-08	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator
2002-02-26	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator
2002-02-26	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-02-26	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	0.49	0.57	0.86	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

Concrete Nor'West 2001 to 2016
Miles Sand & Gravel Company 2016 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Workforce and production

Year	Employees
2026	4
2025	4
2024	3
2023	2
2022	3
2021	2
2020	3
2019	3
2018	3
2017	5
2016	4
2015	4
2014	3
2013	4
2012	2
2011	3
2010	4
2009	2
2008	2
2007	2
2006	4
2005	3
2004	4
2003	1
2002	5
2001	12

Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Local economic context

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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.

Island County, Washington · Population 86,747

0.2%

Mining share of county employment

$88,358

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Quarterly safety rates

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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	Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2	1,447	2	1382.2
2026 Q1	1,414	0	0.0
2025 Q4	1,409	1	709.7
2025 Q3	2,567	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,282	0	0.0
2025 Q1	3,662	1	273.1
2024 Q4	2,019	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,343	0	0.0

Show 90 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2	1,024	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,006	2	0	1988.1
2023 Q4	880	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	1,104	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	773	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	987	1	0	1013.2
2022 Q4	605	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	1,274	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	1,630	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	525	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	594	1	0	1683.5
2021 Q3	1,085	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	645	3	0	4651.2
2021 Q1	65	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	767	1	0	1303.8
2020 Q3	774	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	1,395	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	1,765	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	1,673	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	1,366	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	1,707	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	1,197	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	2,010	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	989	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	1,244	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	2,641	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	2,228	1	1	448.8
2017 Q3	2,316	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	2,821	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	1,882	1	0	531.3
2016 Q4	1,782	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	1,471	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	1,861	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	2,225	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	1,941	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	1,943	1	0	514.7
2015 Q2	1,692	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	1,725	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	1,054	1	0	948.8
2014 Q3	930	2	0	2150.5
2014 Q2	1,398	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	1,326	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	1,119	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	1,478	1	0	676.6
2013 Q2	1,920	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	1,490	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	765	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	776	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	937	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	616	1	0	1623.4
2011 Q4	1,516	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	1,716	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	1,034	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	516	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	1,046	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	2,861	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	1,640	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	1,759	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	1,078	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	981	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	1,229	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	948	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	1,072	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	1,823	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	1,414	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	1,324	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	396	4	0	10101.0
2007 Q3	0	0	0
2007 Q2	0	0	0
2007 Q1	3,157	9	3	2850.8
2006 Q4	1,600	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	1,451	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	2,232	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	3,389	3	1	885.2
2005 Q4	1,624	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	1,050	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	1,780	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	3,095	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	1,922	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	2,328	1	0	429.6
2004 Q2	774	4	1	5168.0
2003 Q3	0	0	0
2003 Q2	19	0	0	0.0
2002 Q4	140	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	158	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	264	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	1,646	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	941	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	1,319	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	2,280	2	0	877.2

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

October 31, 2025 WA · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cutting flashing, accidentally cut left hand with a razor knife.

January 15, 2025 WA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

Opened the side panel on the loader and was punctured by the edge of the panel or the handle, resulting in a 2.5 cm cut on EE's right hand in between the thumb and first finger. EE needed 3 stitches.

2009 · 1 incident

January 27, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Concrete Nor'West · Struck against a moving object

Injury reported to Safety Mgr. on or around 9/5/08 that his shoulder was sore. He did not receive treatment at that time. No single incident was to blame. He didn't start receiving treatment until January 2009. He notified us on 1/27/09 that he was receiving treatment.

2005 · 1 incident

July 26, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

Concrete Nor'West · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was fueling his dump truck at our Boulder Hill pit in Oak Harbor, WA. While fueling, the employee was stung by a bee and passed out.

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Boulder Hill Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

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.

Boulder Hill Pit sits in Island County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Reportable incidents

2025 · 2 incidents

2009 · 1 incident

2005 · 1 incident

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Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)

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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.