Mining Incidents

Dolphin Bay Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John K Johnson
Eastsound, San Juan County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503251

Dolphin Bay Quarry has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Nov 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
76
citations
13
significant & substantial
$9,171
proposed penalties
$9,163
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
55
inspections on record
865
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: 865 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dolphin Bay Quarry has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-04.
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 1,392 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,505 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,507 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,254 2 0 1594.9
2024 Q4 1,366 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,402 1 0 713.3
2024 Q2 1,506 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,310 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,364 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,627 1 0 614.6
2023 Q2 1,624 2 0 1231.5
2023 Q1 1,458 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,495 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,488 2 0 1344.1
2022 Q2 1,310 3 2 2290.1
2022 Q1 1,299 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,258 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,788 2 0 1118.6
2021 Q2 1,721 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,670 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,516 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,858 3 0 1614.6
2020 Q2 1,255 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,407 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,587 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,917 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,982 4 0 2018.2
2019 Q1 1,486 9 3 6056.5
2018 Q4 1,596 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,830 1 1 546.4
2018 Q2 1,922 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,580 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,321 2 0 1514.0
2017 Q3 1,493 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,928 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,432 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 907 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,213 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,205 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 995 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 937 5 0 5336.2
2015 Q3 1,197 1 0 835.4
2015 Q2 874 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,028 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 408 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,070 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,514 5 0 3302.5
2014 Q1 265 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 597 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 890 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 817 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,157 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 642 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,370 2 1 1459.9
2012 Q1 638 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 623 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,859 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,175 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 846 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,007 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,352 2 1 1479.3
2010 Q1 1,171 4 0 3415.9
2009 Q4 1,232 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,254 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,301 4 1 3074.6
2009 Q1 1,325 2 0 1509.4
2008 Q4 1,235 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,512 2 0 1322.8
2008 Q2 2,205 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,868 2 0 1070.7
2007 Q4 1,315 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,402 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,511 1 1 661.8
2007 Q1 1,137 2 1 1759.0
2006 Q4 815 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,226 1 0 815.7
2006 Q2 1,826 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,333 1 0 750.2
2005 Q4 1,243 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,340 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 840 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,055 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,318 3 0 2276.2
2004 Q1 1,436 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 964 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,300 1 1 769.2
2003 Q1 1,558 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,053 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,419 3 1 2114.2
2002 Q2 867 1 0 1153.4
2002 Q1 716 1 0 1396.6
2001 Q4 746 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 594 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,763 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

November 9, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Dolphin Bay Quarry · Struck against stationary object

Operator attempted to start the crusher, when the starter stuck the operator made a fast attempt to shut down the starter and hit his head on a spring adjusting bolt located under the crusher which resulted in a small cut on the operators head.

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