Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
Countries
Peru Chile
English Español
← Back to search

Courtney Pit: 208 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

North Clark Construction · Surface
Yacolt, Clark County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503269

Courtney Pit has $92K in proposed MSHA penalties and $270 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Courtney Pit.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1994–2007
Latest incident
May 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
208
citations
49
significant & substantial
$91,598
proposed penalties
$81,769
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,829 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
1,039
inspection hours
20.0
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.
208 citations across 1,039 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Courtney Pit has $92K in proposed MSHA penalties and $270 outstanding across 3 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.
$92K
proposed penalties
$82K
current assessed
$82K
paid to date
$270
outstanding
208 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $20K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-28.
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.
23.6%
significant & substantial
10.6%
high negligence or reckless
23.6%
reasonably likely or greater
58.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.7% low, 80.8% moderate, 10.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
49%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$20K proposed, $10K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2020-01-27.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2020-0165 Settlement Simonton 2020 $17K → $9K
WEST 2020-0166 Settlement Miller 2020 $1K → $635
WEST 2018-0346 Settlement Simonton 2018 $1K → $600
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-05-06
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Aluminum oxide fumes3
  • Arsenic fumes3
Show the individual readings (60)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-05-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2024-10-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2019-04-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.49 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-04-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-02-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-02-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-03-30 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Iron oxide fumes 0.05 20 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.11 20 0.01 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Zinc oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Aluminum oxide fumes 0.05 20 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Iron oxide fumes 0.36 20 0.02 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.13 20 0.01 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Manganese fumes 0.03 5 0.01 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Zinc oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Aluminum oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Iron oxide fumes 0.18 20 0.01 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Aluminum oxide fumes 0.03 20 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Cleanup Man
2005-03-30 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Cleanup Man
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.

Courtney Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 7.14 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. North Clark Construction 1992 to 2008
  2. North Clark Construction 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 5
2023 7
2022 7
2021 6
2020 6
2019 5
2018 5
2017 5
2016 5
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 5
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 6
2003 6
2002 7
2001 8
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Courtney Pit sits in Clark County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Clark County, Washington · Population 510,516
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$94,948
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
2026 Q2 2,359 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,888 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,537 3 0 1182.5
2025 Q3 2,753 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,371 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,809 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,483 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,953 3 0 1015.9
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,633 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,929 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,706 18 5 6651.9
2023 Q3 3,480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,976 5 1 1257.5
2023 Q1 3,136 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,897 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,265 7 1 2144.0
2022 Q2 4,002 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,711 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,489 3 0 859.8
2021 Q3 3,048 4 1 1312.3
2021 Q2 3,524 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,019 8 3 2649.9
2020 Q4 3,510 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,104 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,060 11 3 3594.8
2020 Q1 2,711 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,190 9 1 2821.3
2019 Q3 2,685 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,251 6 1 1845.6
2019 Q1 2,887 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,310 3 0 906.3
2018 Q3 2,869 6 3 2091.3
2018 Q2 3,151 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,402 9 2 3746.9
2017 Q4 2,695 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,976 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,508 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,052 4 2 1949.3
2016 Q4 2,826 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,919 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,807 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 799 2 0 2503.1
2015 Q4 2,210 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,682 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,514 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,730 12 7 6936.4
2014 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,630 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,485 1 0 673.4
2014 Q1 1,772 2 0 1128.7
2013 Q4 1,602 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,816 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,709 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,670 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,467 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,460 4 1 2739.7
2012 Q2 1,083 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,978 2 0 1011.1
2011 Q4 2,356 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,137 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,043 1 1 958.8
2011 Q1 1,000 3 1 3000.0
2010 Q4 1,074 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,415 4 2 2826.9
2010 Q2 1,303 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,584 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,762 7 1 3972.8
2009 Q3 1,537 1 0 650.6
2009 Q2 1,895 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,401 5 2 3568.9
2008 Q4 2,482 3 0 1208.7
2008 Q3 2,967 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,901 4 0 1025.4
2008 Q1 3,030 3 1 990.1
2007 Q4 3,510 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,067 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,842 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,178 5 2 1573.3
2006 Q4 3,330 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,360 2 0 595.2
2006 Q2 3,753 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,178 4 0 1258.7
2005 Q4 3,605 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,920 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,858 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,793 14 4 3691.0
2004 Q4 3,219 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,788 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,136 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,189 1 0 238.7
2003 Q4 3,382 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,287 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,597 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,373 1 0 296.5
2002 Q4 3,236 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,732 3 1 634.0
2002 Q2 5,110 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,097 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,546 5 2 1099.9
2001 Q3 4,884 1 0 204.8
2001 Q2 5,234 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,074 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,386 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,482 16 0 3569.8
2000 Q2 6,465 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,973 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2007 · 1 incident

May 16, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
North Clark Construction · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The electrical component shifted and smashed index finger between component and cabinet.

1998 · 2 incidents

July 13, 1998 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
North Clark Construction · Fall from machine

FELL OFF A SCREEN TO GROUND WHILE DOING MAINTENANCE WORK.

April 22, 1998 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
North Clark Construction · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES: WHILE OEPRATING BULK EXPLOSIVES TRUCK, PUMP LNE BURST UNDER HIGH PRESSURE AND EMULSION WAS PUSHED UP INSIDE HIS RIGHT EAR.

1994 · 1 incident

July 2, 1994 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
North Clark Construction · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DOING MAINTENANCE REPAIR A PIECE OF STEEL 1 INCH THICK 30 INCH WIDE 8 FT LONG HAD BEEN PLACED IN A 988 LOADER BUCKET THE BUCKET WAS RAISED ABOUT 1 TO 1 1/2 FT OFF THE GROUND SLIGHTLY LIF TED TOWARD GROUND WHILE ROTATING METAL SLIGHT ITMOVED IT STARTED TO SLIDE OUT OF BUCKET STRIKING RIGHT LEG NEAR ANKLE IT SEEMED MINOS HE DID NOT EVEN WANT TO GO FOR CHICK UP X RAYS SHOWED FRA