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Grand Mound: 100 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Tenino, Thurston County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503220

Grand Mound has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1991. MSHA has proposed $16K in penalties since 2001.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1991–2007
Latest incident
Sep 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
100
citations
36
significant & substantial
$15,644
proposed penalties
$13,620
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,024 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Black Lake Resources's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
36
inspections on record
646
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: 646 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Grand Mound has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-05-01.
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.
36.0%
significant & substantial
5.0%
high negligence or reckless
36.0%
reasonably likely or greater
66.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.0% low, 72.0% moderate, 5.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
WEST20020020M Settlement Manning 2002 $5K → $3K
WEST20020315M Settlement Manning 2002 $2K → $1K
WEST20030166M Settlement Manning 2003 $1K → $965
WEST 2003-349-M Settlement Lesnick 2003 $500 → $400
WEST20020228M Settlement Barbour 2002 $318 → $254
WEST 2004-83M Dismissal Lesnick 2004 $165 → $165
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: 2009-12-15, 16 years ago
7
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2005-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Grand Mound recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.

Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ 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 and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year. Employment reports reach back to 1983, but those earlier years come from MSHA's archived file format and are not used in rates.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.28 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
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 9.77 9.77 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.
Ownership history
  1. Cascade Hauling & Construction 1990 to 1992
  2. B & C Logging Inc 1992 to 1995
  3. Cascade Sand & Gravel Inc 1995 to 2003
  4. Quality Rock Products Inc 2003 to 2017
  5. Black Lake Resources Grand Mound Inc 2017 to 2019
  6. Black Lake Resources 2019 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 2
2021 2
2019 1
2013 3
2012 4
2011 6
2010 7
2009 8
2008 8
2007 4
2006 3
2005 5
2004 4
2003 4
2002 17
2001 11
2000 15
1999 12
1998 11
1997 11
1996 10
1995 8
1994 7
1993 6
1992 3
1991 3
1990 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Grand Mound sits in Thurston 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.
Thurston County, Washington · Population 296,640
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$93,985
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2023 Q4 510 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 898 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,262 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 768 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 389 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 665 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 424 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,264 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 1,268 3 0 2365.9
2013 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,013 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,587 2 0 1260.2
2012 Q2 1,230 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,345 1 1 426.4
2011 Q4 2,785 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,855 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,496 3 0 858.1
2011 Q1 2,124 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,421 2 0 452.4
2010 Q3 4,016 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,007 5 1 4965.2
2010 Q1 2,284 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,551 3 1 659.2
2009 Q3 3,754 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,161 1 0 240.3
2009 Q1 2,577 3 1 1164.1
2008 Q4 2,848 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,014 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,090 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,541 6 3 1694.4
2007 Q4 3,042 1 0 328.7
2007 Q3 1,797 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,034 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,828 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,606 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,357 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,122 3 1 1413.8
2006 Q1 1,492 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,024 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,757 3 0 1707.5
2005 Q2 4,613 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,564 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,014 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,423 7 0 4919.2
2004 Q2 1,111 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 953 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,134 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 950 3 0 3157.9
2003 Q1 1,999 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,199 11 6 5002.3
2002 Q3 8,097 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,381 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,827 10 3 1277.6
2001 Q4 6,340 13 10 2050.5
2001 Q3 7,364 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,136 20 9 3894.1
2001 Q1 1,631 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,726 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,198 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,258 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,436 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2007 · 1 incident

September 27, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Rock Products Inc · Struck by falling object

Worker had just lifted the 25hp motor a couple of inches off newly installed motor mount so he could re-adjust mount. The motor moved over to plumb itself causing clamp overhead to slip off, this allowed motor to fall strking mount, then fall hitting trailer axle, then striking EE's thigh before coming to rest on ground.

2001 · 1 incident

1991 · 2 incidents

April 15, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Cascade Hauling & Construction · Struck by flying object

WHILE DRILLING A HOLE IN A METAL FLYWHEEL, GUST OF WIND BLEW CUTTINGS INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYES. HE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

March 26, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cascade Hauling & Construction · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A ROCK GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND TALL PULLEY ON A CONVEYOR EE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE ROCK WITHOUT SHUTTING BELT OFF RESULT CAUGHT FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY NOTE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO STOP AND LOCK OUT BELTS PRIOR THEWORK.