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Cagi Portable Washplant: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Yakima, Yakima County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503388

Cagi Portable Washplant has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Dec 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
78
citations
22
significant & substantial
$43,957
proposed penalties
$30,559
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,398 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Columbia Ready-Mix Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
972
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: 972 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cagi Portable Washplant has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $42K in penalties contested before the Commission, $28K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-27.
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.
28.9%
significant & substantial
15.8%
high negligence or reckless
28.0%
reasonably likely or greater
64.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.6% low, 77.6% moderate, 15.8% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 57%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 29%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 14%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$628 proposed, $408 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 2012-08-10.
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
WEST20020548M Settlement Weisberger 2003 $25K → $20K
WEST20010191M Settlement Manning 2001 $6K → $1K
WEST20000531M Settlement Weisberger 2001 $6K → $3K
WEST20020547M Settlement Weisberger 2003 $2K → $960
WEST20020549M Settlement Weisberger 2003 $2K → $2K
WEST20000560M Settlement Barbour 2000 $941 → $664
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: 2015-01-28, 11 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-01-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2005-03-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 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
  1. Columbia Ready-Mix Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 0
2015 1
2014 3
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 6
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 3
2004 3
2003 4
2002 3
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cagi Portable Washplant sits in Yakima 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.
Yakima County, Washington · Population 256,605
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$68,015
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
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,650 1 1 606.1
2014 Q3 32 1 0 31250.0
2014 Q2 2,786 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 851 0 0 0.0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 1,526 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,151 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,096 2 0 1824.8
2013 Q1 547 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,686 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,781 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,955 5 1 2557.5
2012 Q1 413 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 977 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,943 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,359 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 726 4 1 5509.6
2010 Q3 2,151 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,839 5 2 2718.9
2010 Q1 104 1 0 9615.4
2009 Q4 439 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 317 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 315 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 155 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 325 1 0 3076.9
2008 Q3 204 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 892 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 172 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 527 1 0 1897.5
2007 Q3 673 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 987 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 311 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 661 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 591 1 0 1692.0
2006 Q2 1,094 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 311 2 0 6430.9
2005 Q4 855 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 558 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 685 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 47 2 0 42553.2
2004 Q4 495 4 0 8080.8
2004 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 61 5 0 81967.2
2003 Q4 381 2 0 5249.3
2003 Q3 256 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 235 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 182 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 750 2 0 2666.7
2001 Q4 212 12 5 56603.8
2001 Q3 145 6 2 41379.3
2001 Q2 169 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 108 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 119 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 156 21 10 134615.4
2000 Q1 160 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 4, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Columbia Ready-Mix Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS FEEDING THE SAND HOPPER AT THE WASHPLANT USING A JOHN DEERE THE OTHER LOADER OBSERVED THE LOADER PARKED AT THE SAND HOPPER WITH ITS BUCKET IN THE AIR WITHOUT AN OPERATOR IN THE CA B. THE OTHER LOADER OPERATOR OBSERVED EE'S LEGS STICKING OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF SAND HOPPER ON THE CONVEYER BELT AND SHUT POWER OFF, RADIOED FOR HELP.