BREEN PORTABLE NO.2 has $204K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 22 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1992–2026
Latest incident
Jul 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
247
citations
53
significant & substantial
$204,057
proposed penalties
$149,773
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $54,284 gap.
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.
247 citations across 1,965 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BREEN PORTABLE NO.2 has $204K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 22 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.
$204K
proposed penalties
$152K
current assessed
$150K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
245 assessments are final orders; 22 contested dockets.
Of $190K in penalties contested before the Commission, $110K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
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.
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.
81citations taken to the federal commission · 33% of citations on record
Settled
66 · 81%
Stood as issued
7 · 9%
Vacated or withdrawn
8 · 10%
74%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 35 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$194K proposed, $113K 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 2023-08-27.
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.
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: 2026-04-15
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (18)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-04-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Cleanup Man
2026-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-11-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.89
0.28
Cleanup Man
2018-06-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
Ground Control/Timberman
2018-06-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-03-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-03-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Dragline Operator
2005-05-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
1.3
0.35
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.6
0.28
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-11-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2001-11-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
2.51
0.12
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-01
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.
BREEN PORTABLE NO.2 recorded 4.68 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
4.68
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.92 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
4.68
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
14.46
9.64
0.000
2021 *
9.09
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
24
2025
22
2024
25
2023
25
2022
20
2021
25
2020
20
2019
21
2018
19
2017
18
2016
17
2015
16
2014
15
2013
16
2012
13
2011
13
2010
13
2009
13
2008
13
2007
10
2006
14
2005
16
2004
14
2003
13
2002
11
2001
15
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BREEN PORTABLE NO.2 sits in Lewis County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Lewis County, Washington · Population 83,925
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$69,690
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
9,783
3
1
306.7
2026 Q1
9,629
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
9,632
2
0
207.6
2025 Q3
9,855
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,585
12
5
1133.7
2025 Q1
12,699
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
10,274
4
0
389.3
2024 Q3
12,501
2
0
160.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
12,573
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
10,617
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
9,730
1
0
102.8
2023 Q3
12,367
4
0
323.4
2023 Q2
12,464
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
10,390
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
9,271
20
5
2157.3
2022 Q3
10,575
5
0
472.8
2022 Q2
10,768
16
1
1485.9
2022 Q1
10,891
1
0
91.8
2021 Q4
10,693
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
11,550
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
11,148
7
3
627.9
2021 Q1
10,625
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
10,447
19
4
1818.7
2020 Q3
10,646
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
8,811
2
0
227.0
2020 Q1
8,687
1
0
115.1
2019 Q4
10,955
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
11,281
3
0
265.9
2019 Q2
9,439
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
7,954
4
0
502.9
2018 Q4
9,211
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
9,884
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,948
1
0
143.9
2018 Q1
5,985
3
1
501.3
2017 Q4
7,760
2
1
257.7
2017 Q3
7,986
24
11
3005.3
2017 Q2
6,960
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
6,951
7
4
1007.0
2016 Q4
8,874
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
7,706
10
2
1297.7
2016 Q2
7,067
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
6,491
1
0
154.1
2015 Q4
6,895
1
1
145.0
2015 Q3
7,982
2
0
250.6
2015 Q2
9,501
4
1
421.0
2015 Q1
8,290
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
7,780
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
8,331
2
0
240.1
2014 Q2
6,920
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,435
1
0
225.5
2013 Q4
5,167
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
7,319
1
0
136.6
2013 Q2
7,730
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
5,622
3
0
533.6
2012 Q4
8,054
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
7,156
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
5,122
9
2
1757.1
2012 Q1
1,602
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,623
4
0
1104.1
2011 Q3
6,899
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
8,062
7
0
868.3
2011 Q1
5,046
2
1
396.4
2010 Q4
5,302
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,206
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
5,442
1
0
183.8
2010 Q1
4,077
1
0
245.3
2009 Q4
6,358
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
9,148
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,058
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,813
5
0
860.1
2008 Q4
7,304
8
2
1095.3
2008 Q3
8,634
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,605
8
2
1211.2
2008 Q1
4,955
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
7,822
5
0
639.2
2007 Q3
6,282
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,775
2
0
418.8
2007 Q1
2,722
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,831
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
7,495
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
8,185
5
3
610.9
2006 Q1
8,993
1
0
111.2
2005 Q4
9,645
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
8,970
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
8,778
3
0
341.8
2005 Q1
8,774
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
9,765
2
0
204.8
2004 Q3
7,037
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,291
3
0
411.5
2004 Q1
7,786
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
7,004
3
0
428.3
2003 Q3
6,807
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,811
2
1
256.0
2003 Q1
8,227
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
7,077
2
0
282.6
2002 Q3
5,927
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,445
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,329
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
10,154
2
0
197.0
2001 Q3
4,179
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,107
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
3,302
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,632
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,494
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,995
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
7,144
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2026 · 1 incident
July 14, 2026WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While changing the seat air switch on the HE85 Loader. Had the seat braced in full up position. While unhooking the seat switch, the brace fell out and the seat fell approximately 8 inches down on to EE's left hand. This resulted in a primary injury to the pinky finger.
2025 · 1 incident
March 24, 2025WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
A piece of framework was being removed with a cutting torch. When the framework was cut free it tipped in a manner which struck employee in the head. Employee was wearing a hard hat which was knocked off. They received approximately a 2 in laceration to the top of head. Employee was observed for approximately 15 min before they drove themselves to the Hospital.
Employee stated has worked for multiple companies air arcing and other noisy work over EE's work experience and hasn't always worn protection. Protection is provided in the shop and EE has had numerous training on hearing conservation. EE stated to MSHA that 80-90% of EE's work is fixing over the road trucks and construction equipment.
2011 · 2 incidents
September 15, 2011WA · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climbing down a ladder of loader, slipped and caught self when right arm slammed into steps and railing
1992 · 1 incident
April 29, 1992WA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON