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Dickey Pit: 85 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard N Christopherson
Silverdale, Kitsap County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502574

Dickey Pit has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1995–2011
Latest incident
Sep 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
85
citations
23
significant & substantial
$17,251
proposed penalties
$13,624
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,627 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Ace Paving Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
622
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: 622 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dickey Pit has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-07-26.
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.
27.7%
significant & substantial
10.8%
high negligence or reckless
25.3%
reasonably likely or greater
59.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.5% low, 74.7% moderate, 10.8% 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.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 17%
  • Stood as issued 10 · 83%
100%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
19%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $5K 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 2009-10-23.
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 2010-123M Settlement Manning 2012 $5K → $4K
WEST 2007-539M Default Lesnick 2008 $1K → $1K
WEST20020181M Default Barbour 2002 $1K → $1K
WEST 2007-540M Default Lesnick 2008 $420 → $420
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: 2004-06-23, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.71 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2000-11-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.87 0.36 Laborer, Bullgang
2000-11-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Backhoe Operator
2000-11-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.82 0.20 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. Ace Paving Company Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 1
2013 1
2012 3
2011 4
2010 4
2009 7
2008 6
2007 6
2006 4
2005 5
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dickey Pit sits in Kitsap 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.
Kitsap County, Washington · Population 276,581
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$98,546
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
2014 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 87 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 19 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,037 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 1,984 8 1 4032.3
2012 Q2 694 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 2,192 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,553 9 2 2533.1
2011 Q2 1,654 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 509 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,587 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,970 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,641 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,138 1 0 878.7
2009 Q4 2,593 4 1 1542.6
2009 Q3 6,449 3 2 465.2
2009 Q2 3,633 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 378 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,400 4 0 1666.7
2008 Q3 4,981 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,311 4 1 927.9
2008 Q1 1,580 5 1 3164.6
2007 Q4 3,247 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,768 1 1 209.7
2007 Q2 3,514 8 4 2276.6
2007 Q1 1,600 10 3 6250.0
2006 Q4 1,886 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,731 5 1 1830.8
2006 Q2 2,287 3 0 1311.8
2006 Q1 1,310 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,992 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,011 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,429 2 2 823.4
2005 Q1 1,279 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,737 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,588 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,203 3 2 2493.8
2003 Q4 1,697 2 0 1178.6
2003 Q3 2,616 2 0 764.5
2003 Q2 2,180 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,210 1 0 826.4
2002 Q4 3,571 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,716 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,986 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 995 1 0 1005.0
2001 Q4 352 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,396 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,096 6 1 5474.5
2001 Q1 232 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,306 2 0 1531.4
2000 Q3 3,352 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,214 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,153 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2011 · 1 incident

September 8, 2011 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Ace Paving Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A hand held electric grinding wheel kicked back into the operators face as he was preparing an area for welding. He received a severe cut to his chin/lip and two damaged teeth.

2008 · 1 incident

April 3, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ace Paving Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Plastic handle screw driver was hit with hammer and the end of handle exploded and struck EE in the left eye.

2007 · 1 incident

August 21, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Ace Paving Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

The employee was installing final insulated hangers on high voltage cable without power being turned off. Contacted old splice area, received flash burn to right hand, finger, wrist.

2004 · 1 incident

July 7, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Ace Paving Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

The ee mentioned was injured while making an adjustment to the fine side of the Pioneer triple rolls. A threaded hydraulic fitting apparently damaged at previous time blew out of the hydraulic adjusting ram & the hose it was attached to hit ee in the leg & blew oil into his face & right eye.

1998 · 2 incidents

April 27, 1998 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Paving Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HURT LOWER BACK WHILE SHOVELING ROCKS & MUD.

1997 · 4 incidents

June 11, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Paving Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO BLEED AIR FROM HYDRALIC SYSTEM, VALVE WAS OPENED TOO FOR AND EE WAS STRUCK BY VALVE BLEEDER CAP AND OIL.

May 9, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Paving Company Inc · Struck by falling object

DROPPED PIECE OF PIPE ON HAND.

March 25, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Paving Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOIVNG ROCK FROM FEEDER WITH A BAR WHEN HE FFELT A BURNIGN SENSATION IN HIS STOMACH AREA.

March 14, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ace Paving Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CONVEYOR BELT, WHEN HE STEPPED OFF AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. EMPLOYEE DELAYED SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION THINKING SORENESS WOULD GO AWAY.

1996 · 3 incidents

July 26, 1996 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Paving Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING COVER PLATE FRO ELECTRIC MOTOR. TORE CARTILAGE AND RIB DISLOCATION IN RT SIDE UPPER BACK.

June 26, 1996 WA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Paving Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING SCRAP METAL OFF THE GROUND WHEN THE FELT BURNING SEVSATION IN HIS GROIN AREA. HE THOUGHT AT THE TIME IT WAS KIDNEY STONE BECAUSE HE RECENTLY HAD ONE, AND IT FELT SIMILAR. DELAYE D REPORTING DUE TO THIS .

April 17, 1996 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ace Paving Company Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE CHECKING WATER LEVEL ON D-9 DOZER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL BETWEEN INSIDE OF BLADE AND TRACK.

1995 · 1 incident

July 7, 1995 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ace Paving Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE CONE CRUSHER AND JUMPED 2 FEET. TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON A ROCK. SPRAINING HIS LEFT KNEE RESULTING IN 6' LOST WORK DAYS.