Drake Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Big River Excavating
· Surface
Controlled by
Mike Sarin
Astoria,
Clatsop County,
OR
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503823
Drake Pit has $2K 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
21
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,390
proposed penalties
$2,390
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
26
inspections on record
274
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 274 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Drake Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 1,981 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,654 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,727 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,082 | 1 | 0 | 480.3 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,634 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,496 | 1 | 0 | 400.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,828 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 3,693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,616 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,020 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,360 | 1 | 0 | 735.3 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,987 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,656 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,636 | 1 | 0 | 379.4 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,648 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,824 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,550 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,976 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,872 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 3,690 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 3,769 | 1 | 0 | 265.3 |
| 2020 Q1 | 5,066 | 1 | 0 | 197.4 |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,291 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,176 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,065 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 3,404 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,836 | 2 | 0 | 705.2 |
| 2018 Q3 | 3,547 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 5,477 | 1 | 0 | 182.6 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,078 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 416 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 772 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,393 | 1 | 0 | 417.9 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,287 | 1 | 0 | 437.3 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,071 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,224 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,075 | 1 | 1 | 481.9 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,518 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 3,799 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,907 | 3 | 0 | 1573.2 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,897 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,318 | 6 | 0 | 2588.4 |
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.
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The full compliance file on Drake Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.