Mining Incidents

Chinook Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Arne L Wirkkala
Naselle, Pacific County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4501129

Chinook Quarry has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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
102
citations
27
significant & substantial
$18,928
proposed penalties
$17,610
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,318 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
47
inspections on record
740
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: 740 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chinook Quarry has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
102 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-01-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2023 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 49 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
Show 85 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 66 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,000 7 1 7000.0
2019 Q4 1,122 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,241 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,161 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 961 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,574 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,379 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,246 1 0 802.6
2017 Q4 1,148 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 928 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,234 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 997 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 898 2 0 2227.2
2016 Q3 838 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 978 4 0 4090.0
2016 Q1 954 8 1 8385.7
2015 Q4 792 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 753 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,027 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 747 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,027 1 0 973.7
2014 Q3 703 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 853 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 713 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 948 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 899 1 0 1112.3
2013 Q2 922 2 0 2169.2
2013 Q1 804 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 795 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 865 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 843 3 0 3558.7
2011 Q4 948 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,072 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,233 3 0 2433.1
2011 Q1 823 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 853 5 2 5861.7
2010 Q3 846 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 652 1 0 1533.7
2010 Q1 751 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 875 1 1 1142.9
2009 Q3 875 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 901 2 1 2219.8
2009 Q1 1,149 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,548 1 1 646.0
2008 Q3 1,304 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 892 6 2 6726.5
2008 Q1 1,285 4 1 3112.8
2007 Q4 1,143 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,004 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,397 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 946 5 1 5285.4
2006 Q4 1,173 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 955 3 1 3141.4
2006 Q2 1,321 9 4 6813.0
2006 Q1 1,895 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,672 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,141 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,225 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 837 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,182 6 1 5076.1
2004 Q3 946 3 2 3171.2
2004 Q2 1,184 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,091 2 0 1833.2
2003 Q4 1,238 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,081 2 0 1850.1
2003 Q2 1,153 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,018 7 1 6876.2
2002 Q4 1,096 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 953 10 7 10493.2
2002 Q2 930 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 803 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 868 2 0 2304.1
2001 Q3 963 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,069 1 0 935.5
2001 Q1 952 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 937 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 861 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,124 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,071 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.

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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.