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Boulder Hill Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Walt Miles
Oak Harbor, Island County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503481

Boulder Hill Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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
43
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,592
proposed penalties
$4,290
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
49
inspections on record
678
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: 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.

Boulder Hill Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
41 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.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 1,409 1 0 709.7
2025 Q3 2,567 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,282 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,662 1 0 273.1
2024 Q4 2,019 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,343 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,006 2 0 1988.1
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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

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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