Mining Incidents

Evergreen Pit: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

George Schmid & Sons Inc · Surface
Controlled by Emma Schmid
Vancouver, Clark County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503487

Evergreen Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2001
55
citations
17
significant & substantial
$3,626
proposed penalties
$3,542
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $84 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
14
inspections on record
180
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: 180 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Evergreen Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $352 in penalties contested before the Commission, $268 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-05-24.
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.
30.9%
significant & substantial
1.8%
high negligence or reckless
29.1%
reasonably likely or greater
61.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 89.1% moderate, 1.8% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$352 proposed, $268 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 2007-04-13.
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 2007-370M Settlement Barbour 2007 $352 → $268
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: 2007-02-06, 19 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Arsenic fumes3
  • Beryllium fumes3
  • Cadmium oxide fumes3
  • Chromium, insoluble3
Show the individual readings (45)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-02-06 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Iron oxide fumes 0.35 20 0.02 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.06 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Manganese fumes 0.08 5 0.02 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Iron oxide fumes 0.12 20 0.01 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.06 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Manganese fumes 0.02 5 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Iron oxide fumes 0.03 10 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Mechanic
2007-02-06 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Mechanic
2002-03-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Backhoe Operator
2002-03-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 2.21 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-03-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
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. George Schmid Llc 2001 to 2002
  2. George Schmid & Sons Inc 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 0
2010 0
2009 2
2008 4
2007 3
2006 4
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Evergreen Pit sits in Clark 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.
Clark County, Washington · Population 510,516
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$94,948
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
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 1 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 540 2 1 3703.7
2008 Q4 1,406 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,490 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,552 3 1 1933.0
2008 Q1 1,231 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 972 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 798 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 659 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 693 2 2 2886.0
2006 Q4 642 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 745 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,417 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,371 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,047 2 0 1910.2
2005 Q3 1,166 3 0 2572.9
2005 Q2 390 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,114 2 0 1795.3
2004 Q2 922 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,075 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,166 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 858 6 4 6993.0
2003 Q1 1,888 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,228 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 801 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,694 14 2 8264.5
2001 Q4 214 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,680 19 7 11309.5

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.