Mining Incidents

Central Pit: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Krieg Family LLC
Coupeville, Island County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502704

Central Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
29
citations
8
significant & substantial
$2,624
proposed penalties
$2,624
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
28
inspections on record
347
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: 347 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Central Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $578 in penalties contested before the Commission, $443 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-05-08.
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.
27.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
27.6%
reasonably likely or greater
51.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 5 · 100%
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%
23%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$578 proposed, $443 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 2023-06-26.
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
WEST 2008-972M Dismissal Lesnick 2009 $300 → $300
WEST 2023-0287 Default Voisin 2023 $143 → $143
WEST 2004-267-M Dismissal Barbour 2004 $135 → $0
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: 2014-02-19, 12 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-02-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2001-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-30 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.
Ownership history
  1. Christensen Sand & Gravel Company 1979 to 1993
  2. Krieg Construction Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 0
2024 0
2023 1
2022 0
2021 1
2020 3
2019 4
2018 5
2017 5
2016 4
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 5
2011 2
2010 3
2009 8
2008 4
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Central Pit sits in Island County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
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
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 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 1 1 0 1000000.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 46 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 335 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 296 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 485 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 323 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 177 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 127 1 0 7874.0
2017 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 164 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 179 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 107 1 0 9345.8
2015 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 296 6 0 20270.3
2013 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 31 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 706 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 635 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,103 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 998 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 282 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 39 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 205 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 129 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 530 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 357 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 566 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 104 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 311 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 91 1 0 10989.0
2008 Q4 211 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 305 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 791 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 684 3 0 4386.0
2007 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 92 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 309 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 342 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 863 4 1 4635.0
2006 Q2 319 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 561 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 471 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 291 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 386 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 404 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 217 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 134 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 91 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 543 2 1 3683.2
2003 Q3 47 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 61 1 0 16393.4
2002 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 79 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 401 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 294 4 4 13605.4
2001 Q4 371 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 354 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 717 4 1 5578.8
2001 Q1 463 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 506 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 334 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 898 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.