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: 800 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fredrickson Pit has $43K 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
151 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $23K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-06-06.
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.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
92%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$23K proposed, $2K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2010-08-03.
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.
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: 2014-01-22, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2014-01-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2014-01-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-02-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2009-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2005-02-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-02-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.84
0.27
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-02-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.99
0.39
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-22
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-03-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.67
0.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-03-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Fredrickson Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.
Injury rate, 2011
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.73 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
6.37
3.18
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
7.98
7.98
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2014
4
2013
7
2012
6
2011
14
2010
19
2009
28
2008
32
2007
33
2006
30
2005
32
2004
37
2003
17
2002
25
2001
34
2000
47
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fredrickson Pit sits in Pierce 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.
Pierce County, Washington · Population 924,106
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$96,632
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
While driving truck offsite, the driver stopped, engaged emergency brake and slumped in seat. Three men helped him out of the truck and performed CPR until EMT arrived. He was taken to hospital for treatment.
2006 · 2 incidents
June 12, 2006WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
March 28, 2006WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER - SLIPPED - FELL TO THE GROUND (LOWER BACK INJURY). 3/19/05: EE INFORMED EMPLOYER THAT HE WOULD BE SEEKING OPERATION OR ? FOR HIS BACK.
March 3, 2004WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
November 10, 2001WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TWISTED KNEE/HIP WHEN GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN FRAME AND CAB OF LOADER WHILE SERVICING IT.
2000 · 1 incident
January 4, 2000WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Randles Sand & Gravel · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS STIRRING SOLVENT AND SPLASHED SOME OF THE SOLVENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
April 27, 1999WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
REPAIRING U JOINT. POUNDING HAMMER PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF AND CUT HAND.
1998 · 5 incidents
November 12, 1998WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE REINSTALLING DISTRIBUTOR PLATE ONTO CRUSHER, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HANDS AND HE DROPPED IT ON TOES.
September 14, 1996WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
February 14, 1996WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED EE WAS DRIVING ROCK TRUCK TOWARDS INTERSECTION AND HE COLLIDED WITH TRAILER OF DUMP TRUCK. VISIBILITY WAS GOOD UP TO 150 FT. IN ALL DIRECTIONS OF TRAVEL AND BOTH DRIVERS HAD AMPLE TIME AND DISTANCE TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT.
January 18, 1995WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
INDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVING BOLTS THAT HOLD LEFT FRONT SPRING IN PLACE. HE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES USING A WRENCH TO LOOSEN A BOLT. HE WAS PULLING THE WRENCH TOWARD HIM WHEN IT SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.
1994 · 4 incidents
May 25, 1994WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS ROLLING A BIG ROCK FROM UNDER FEED HOPPER AS HE ROLLED HE FELT A STRAIN IN GROIN AREA.
May 12, 1994WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Randles Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MECHANIC WAS REMOVING A BEARING RACE FROM A WHEEL HUB HE WAS HOLDING A DRIFT WITH HIS LEFT HAND & USING A HAMMER WITH HIS RT HE STRUCK THE DRILL & THE HAMMER SLIPPED TO THE SIDE STRIKING THE B ACK OF HIS THUMB
January 31, 1994WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE USING A MAGNETIC DRILL TO DRILL HOLES IN BOTTOM OF A LOADER BUCKET IT HAD TO BE PLACED INTO POSITION & ATTACH3ED TO DRILL EACH HOLE 12 HOLES TO DRILL ED DRILL WEIGHES APPROX 40 LBS
January 17, 1994WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
INJURED WAS REPAIRING A BROKEN WIRE UNDER DUMP TRUCK. AS HE WAS GETTING OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK HE RAISED HIS HEAD AND HIT IT ON THE METALOF THE TRUCK CHASSIS.
April 19, 1993WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING STEEL LINER FROM DUMP BED WITH CUTTING TORCH WHEN THE LAST CUT WAS MADE HE INTERNAL STRESS OF THE BOLT PLATE CAUSED IT TO SPRING UP LACERATING HIS SCALP REQUIRING 7 SUTUR ES
March 11, 1992WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING METAL WITH A HAND HELD GRINDER AND ALLOWED THE PORTION OF THE GRINDING WHEEL THAT WAS NOT GAUROED TO TOUCH HIS LEG CAUSING AN ABRASION.
July 10, 1991WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MATERIAL OFF OF A RIPPED BELT TO BEGIN THE REPAIRS. HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL ON THE BELT AND FELL AGAINST HIS SHOVEL DISLOCATING HIS SHOULDER.
1987 · 1 incident
March 20, 1987WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
LARGE ROCK APPR2X. 150# FELL FROM CONVEYOR FEEDING JAW CRUSHER STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK OF HEAD RESULTING IN SKULL FRACTURE AND FRACTURE OF RIGHT ARM.