Mining Incidents

Centralia Pit & Plant: 13 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Lakeside Industries · Surface
Controlled by Lakeside Industries Inc.
Centralia, Lewis County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4500672

Centralia Pit & Plant has $888 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
1988–2003
Latest incident
Aug 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
13
citations
3
significant & substantial
$888
proposed penalties
$888
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
10
inspections on record
105
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: 105 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Centralia Pit & Plant has $888 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$888
proposed penalties
$888
current assessed
$888
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-11-02.
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.
23.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.1%
reasonably likely or greater
46.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.8% low, 69.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2001-08-16, 25 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-08-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.72 0.43 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.96 0.14 Truck Driver
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. Lakeside Industries 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 0
2005 4
2004 3
2003 5
2002 4
2001 4
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Centralia Pit & Plant 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
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 2,562 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,398 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,134 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,020 2 0 1960.8
2004 Q3 1,789 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 538 2 1 3717.5
2004 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,203 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,801 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,077 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 92 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,230 4 1 3252.0
2002 Q3 1,183 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 750 2 0 2666.7
2002 Q1 108 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,519 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,932 1 0 517.6
2001 Q2 270 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,758 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,558 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,244 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2003 · 1 incident

August 11, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lakeside Industries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING READY TO CHANGE MOTOR ON CONVEYOR. HAD FOOT ON CHAIN SPROCKET, LEFT ARM LAYING ON CONVEYOR. FOOT SLIPPED OFF SPROCKET PUTTING EXCESS PRESSURE ON LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER.

1989 · 1 incident

1988 · 2 incidents

December 15, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Lakeside Industries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAIL PULLEYU ON CON VEY. STOPPED, TRIED TO CLEAR IT WITH VAR WHICH GOT CAUGHT A(D HIT IN HEAD.

November 29, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lakeside Industries · Struck by falling object

HARD BALL OF DIRT AND ROCK STACK IN CONVEY OR BOX PRIED IT LOOSE AND WENT UP CONVEYOR BELT BELT ROLLED BACKWARD AND BOUNCED OFF BELT LANDED ON TOE