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Chewelah Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Chewelah Plant has $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $658 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2011–2016
- Latest incident
- Mar 2016
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Chewelah Plant has $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $658 outstanding across 7 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 4,239 | 1 | 0 | 235.9 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,185 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,319 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,645 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 5,645 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 5,615 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,341 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 5,099 | 2 | 1 | 392.2 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 5,230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 4,952 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 4,369 | 1 | 0 | 228.9 |
| 2023 Q1 | 3,751 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 4,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 5,499 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 5,178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 4,863 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 6,797 | 1 | 0 | 147.1 |
| 2021 Q3 | 7,058 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 7,812 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 6,365 | 1 | 0 | 157.1 |
| 2020 Q4 | 7,273 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 7,572 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 4,247 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 5,099 | 1 | 0 | 196.1 |
| 2019 Q4 | 5,553 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 6,056 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 5,346 | 2 | 0 | 374.1 |
| 2019 Q1 | 5,007 | 1 | 0 | 199.7 |
| 2018 Q4 | 6,149 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 6,629 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 6,186 | 1 | 0 | 161.7 |
| 2018 Q1 | 5,664 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 7,134 | 12 | 11 | 1682.1 |
| 2017 Q3 | 7,834 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 6,618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 6,510 | 1 | 0 | 153.6 |
| 2016 Q4 | 7,830 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 7,879 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 6,759 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 6,140 | 5 | 1 | 814.3 |
| 2015 Q4 | 7,484 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 8,467 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 6,839 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 6,105 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 7,248 | 1 | 0 | 138.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 6,949 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 5,990 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 5,934 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 6,235 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 6,009 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 5,546 | 1 | 1 | 180.3 |
| 2013 Q1 | 4,499 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 4,724 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 4,791 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 3,840 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 4,891 | 1 | 0 | 204.5 |
| 2011 Q4 | 5,139 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 5,299 | 2 | 0 | 377.4 |
| 2011 Q2 | 5,819 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 5,233 | 3 | 1 | 573.3 |
| 2010 Q4 | 6,420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 5,969 | 2 | 1 | 335.1 |
| 2010 Q2 | 5,650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 5,233 | 9 | 6 | 1719.9 |
| 2009 Q4 | 5,337 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 6,610 | 7 | 5 | 1059.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 6,179 | 10 | 5 | 1618.4 |
| 2009 Q1 | 4,537 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 5,559 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 6,615 | 13 | 5 | 1965.2 |
| 2008 Q2 | 4,679 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 4,580 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 6,223 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 7,358 | 5 | 3 | 679.5 |
| 2007 Q2 | 5,721 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 6,515 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 5,770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 5,243 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 5,017 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 4,775 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 3,683 | 1 | 0 | 271.5 |
| 2005 Q3 | 4,711 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 4,034 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 3,127 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 5,143 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 4,088 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 4,390 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 2,048 | 5 | 5 | 2441.4 |
| 2003 Q4 | 2,545 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 2,123 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 3,045 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 1,643 | 17 | 7 | 10346.9 |
Reportable incidents
5 on file2016 · 1 incident
2012 · 3 incidents
On April 19th employee stepped down off a rock, his step was approx 1-2 feet down off the rock. He came to work on the 20th but was complaining how his leg was bothering him, he went to the Doctors office on the 20th his doctor said he tore his femoris muscle and did not want him to work the rest of the day.
Employee was adding anti freeze to our loader, he turned to get more anti freeze, he lost his footing and fell towards the step ladder hitting the ladder then the ground, his fall was approx 3 feet. He was asked if medical attention was needed he said no he is fine. 4 days later he wanted to be seen by the doctor.
The employee was helping remove a hydraulic tank from the mounting plate of our drill, the tank slipped out of his hand and landed on his finger tip and got pinched between the plate and tank. The employee received 4 stitches on the tip of his finger. He was released the same day to go back to work. Limitations are as follows "must accommodate finger splint dressing"
2011 · 1 incident
On 11/18/11 EE was asked to remove snow from the loading dock area with a loader, when finished moving the snow EE left the loader to see how many pallets were remaining to be loaded, as he walked back to the loader he slipped and fell on the ground. I asked him if he needed to see a doctor he said he was fine. On 12/27/11 EE wanted to see a doctor about his back pain.
The full compliance file on Chewelah Plant
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.