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D D One: 35 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Diversified Development Company · Underground
Glacier, Whatcom County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503276

D D One has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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 2008
35
citations
10
significant & substantial
$38,610
proposed penalties
$9,702
paid to date
25% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $28,908 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
10
inspections on record
278
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: 278 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

D D One has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$39K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $37K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-20.
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.
29.4%
significant & substantial
11.8%
high negligence or reckless
29.4%
reasonably likely or greater
52.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 35.3% low, 52.9% moderate, 11.8% 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.
17 citations taken to the federal commission · 49% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 88%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 12%
55%
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 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
80%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$37K proposed, $8K 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 2021-11-10.
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 2010-136M Settlement Manning 2011 $36K → $7K
WEST 2010-309M Settlement Manning 2011 $745 → $160
WEST 2022-0061 Settlement Manning 2022 $538 → $500
WEST 2010-480M Settlement Manning 2011 $150 → $150
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: 2010-09-21, 15 years ago
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Diesel particulate (total carbon)31 over
  • Cyanides1
  • Lead, inorganic dust1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-10-07 EC @ 160 181 160 1.13 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2009-10-07 TC @ 160 217 160 1.36 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2010-09-21 TC @ 160 35 160 0.22 Mucking Mach. Operator
2010-09-21 EC @ 160 28 160 0.18 Mucking Mach. Operator
2010-09-21 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Mucking Mach. Operator
2009-10-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2009-10-07 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2009-08-18 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2009-08-18 Cyanides 0 5 0.00 Miner, Stope
2009-08-18 Lead, inorganic dust 0.22 150 0.00 Miner, Stope
2009-08-18 TC @ 160 29 160 0.18 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2009-08-18 EC @ 160 22 160 0.14 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2009-08-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 1.56 0.45 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
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. Diversified Development Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 4
2024 2
2011 1
2010 3
2009 4
2008 5
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

D D One sits in Whatcom County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Whatcom County, Washington · Population 228,432
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$80,989
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
2025 Q3 1,182 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 770 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,007 2 0 1986.1
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,223 2 2 1635.3
2009 Q3 1,440 10 4 6944.4
2009 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6 1 0 166666.7
2008 Q4 428 8 0 18691.6
2008 Q3 944 8 4 8474.6
2000 Q1 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.