Mining Incidents

Cotton Pit & Plant Metal/Non-Metal

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
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
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.
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 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
Show 96 earlier quarters
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

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

March 20, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shold Excavating Inc dba Cotton Redi Mix · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

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