Mining Incidents

Cunningham Crushing, Inc: 72 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Cunningham Crushing, Inc. · Surface
Concrete, Skagit County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503099

Cunningham Crushing, Inc has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–2003
Latest incident
Aug 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
72
citations
27
significant & substantial
$11,398
proposed penalties
$11,398
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
19
inspections on record
264
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: 264 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cunningham Crushing, Inc has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-09-21.
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.
37.5%
significant & substantial
19.4%
high negligence or reckless
37.5%
reasonably likely or greater
51.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 72.2% moderate, 19.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2007-05-24, 19 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Ownership history
  1. Cunningham Crushing 1986 to 2005
  2. Cunningham Crushing, Inc. 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 2
2003 2
2002 3
2001 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cunningham Crushing, Inc sits in Skagit 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.
Skagit County, Washington · Population 130,407
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$85,474
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
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 262 1 0 3816.8
2015 Q2 564 9 3 15957.4
2015 Q1 936 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 264 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 559 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,169 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 938 0 0 0.0
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2 42 2 0 47619.0
2012 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 647 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,410 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,029 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 40 6 3 150000.0
2010 Q1 80 1 0 12500.0
2009 Q4 1,140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 208 6 3 28846.2
2008 Q4 439 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,358 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,055 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,225 7 2 5714.3
2007 Q3 1,360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,297 6 2 4626.1
2007 Q1 1,472 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 831 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 836 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 312 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 830 5 3 6024.1
2005 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 912 12 6 13157.9
2005 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 268 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,130 10 2 8849.6
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 561 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 404 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 629 2 0 3179.7
2003 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 828 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 716 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 273 4 3 14652.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 1 incident

August 4, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cunningham Crushing · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING RUBBER STRIPPING WITH POCKET KNIFE AND KNIFE SHUT ON FINGER.

1993 · 1 incident

October 4, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cunningham Crushing · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SPLICING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELTING. THE BLADE OF THE UTILITY KNIFE BROKE & EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED OVER BLADE CAUSING A CUT ON THE L LITTLE FINGER.