EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING PART TO BE WELDED WITH SCREWDRIVER HE ACCIDENTLY POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WE THINK THERE IS NO PERMANENT DAMAGE & HE HAS RETURNED TO FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT 03-26-90
Cotton Pit & Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Shold Excavating Inc dba Cotton Redi Mix
· Surface
Controlled by
Trisha M Miller
Port Hadlock,
Jefferson County,
WA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4502316
Cotton Pit & Plant has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1990
- Latest incident
- Mar 1990
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
124
citations
26
significant & substantial
$40,654
proposed penalties
$34,663
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,991 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
52
inspections on record
863
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.Rate withheld: 863 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cotton Pit & Plant has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.$41K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
120 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 Q4 | 4,808 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,192 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 5,221 | 4 | 1 | 766.1 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,782 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,023 | 2 | 1 | 497.1 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,209 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,994 | 1 | 0 | 250.4 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,246 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 3,502 | 4 | 2 | 1142.2 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,349 | 2 | 0 | 597.2 |
| 2023 Q2 | 4,234 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 3,359 | 10 | 1 | 2977.1 |
| 2022 Q4 | 3,972 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 4,007 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 3,802 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 3,308 | 3 | 0 | 906.9 |
| 2021 Q4 | 3,743 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 3,867 | 2 | 0 | 517.2 |
| 2021 Q2 | 3,206 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 3,550 | 2 | 0 | 563.4 |
| 2020 Q4 | 4,421 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 4,233 | 6 | 2 | 1417.4 |
| 2020 Q2 | 3,933 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 3,428 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,360 | 4 | 1 | 1190.5 |
| 2019 Q3 | 3,009 | 9 | 4 | 2991.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,671 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,881 | 4 | 0 | 1388.4 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,060 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,493 | 5 | 0 | 2005.6 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,009 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,356 | 2 | 0 | 848.9 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,626 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,162 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,234 | 2 | 0 | 895.3 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,689 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,974 | 5 | 2 | 2532.9 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,474 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,830 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,329 | 5 | 1 | 2146.8 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,614 | 4 | 1 | 1530.2 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,796 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,811 | 1 | 0 | 552.2 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,518 | 4 | 0 | 2635.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,164 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,828 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,775 | 7 | 1 | 3943.7 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,487 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,222 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,659 | 1 | 0 | 602.8 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,568 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,299 | 11 | 3 | 8468.1 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,445 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,476 | 1 | 0 | 677.5 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,159 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,226 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,265 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,262 | 2 | 0 | 1584.8 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,107 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 992 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,107 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,111 | 3 | 2 | 2700.3 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,362 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1,593 | 1 | 1 | 627.7 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,424 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,274 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,695 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,113 | 1 | 0 | 898.5 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,099 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,045 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,420 | 3 | 3 | 2112.7 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,119 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,335 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,149 | 2 | 0 | 1740.6 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,314 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 1,250 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,000 | 1 | 0 | 1000.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,134 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,263 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,061 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 734 | 1 | 0 | 1362.4 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,169 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 755 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 909 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 740 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,106 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 424 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 516 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 359 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 418 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 432 | 1 | 0 | 2314.8 |
| 2001 Q2 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 311 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 474 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
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