Granite Falls Quarry 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
36
Years on record
1983–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
20
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,138
proposed penalties
$3,083
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,055 gap.
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: 257 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Granite Falls Quarry 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
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-25.
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.
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: 2004-05-26, 22 years ago
13%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz81 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-04-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.57
0.45
1.27
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-05-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.63
0.25
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.65
0.25
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-01-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-01-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.63
0.21
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-01-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.65
0.20
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-08-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.62
0.40
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2002-04-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Truck Driver
2001-06-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.45
0.82
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-06-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.5
0.42
Truck Driver
2001-06-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
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.
Granite Falls Quarry recorded 5.94 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ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.
5.94
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.46 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
2004 *
5.94
0.00
0.000
2003 *
7.86
3.93
0.000
2002 *
6.18
0.00
0.000
2001 *
6.51
3.25
0.000
2000 *
4.01
0.00
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
2004
15
2003
24
2002
28
2001
22
2000
21
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Granite Falls Quarry sits in Snohomish County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Snohomish County, Washington · Population 834,648
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$107,982
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
2004 Q4
1,170
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
10,126
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
10,991
1
0
91.0
2004 Q1
11,376
2
0
175.8
2003 Q4
11,117
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
11,856
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
10,900
3
0
275.2
2003 Q1
17,033
1
0
58.7
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4
16,428
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
16,422
3
1
182.7
2002 Q2
15,752
3
1
190.5
2002 Q1
16,090
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
16,515
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
14,629
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
16,361
1
0
61.1
2001 Q1
13,942
4
1
286.9
2000 Q4
12,543
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
12,564
2
0
159.2
2000 Q2
12,430
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
12,381
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
36 on file
2004 · 1 incident
April 19, 2004WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE FUEL TANK ON A 980-C CAT FRONT END LOADER. THE TANK FELL PINNING EMPLO9YEE ON THE GROUND BETWEEN THE GROUND AND THE LADDER HE WAS STANDING ON WITH S OME OF THE WEIGHT OF THE FUEL TANK ON THE LADDER
February 10, 2003WA · Metal/Non-Metalweighman, scale personOTHER
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE GROUND FROM CRUSHERS3 AND 4 TOWARDS TOWER #2, WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE. THE AREA AROUND WHERE HE WAS WALKING WAS CLEAR OF DEBRIS.
EE WAS TORCHING OFF A BEARING RACE ON A SHAFT. APIECE OF SLAG ENTERED THE BOTTOM OF THE TONGUE AREA OF HIS BOOT, BURNING THE TOP OF THE FOOT ANDBETWEEN THE 3RD & 4TH TOES.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND EMPLOYEE FELL BACK AND HIT HAND ON GUARDRAIL.
1999 · 6 incidents
August 31, 1999WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
June 28, 1999WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WAYNE WAS PICKING UP A LARGE ROCK WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND WHEN THEY WERE SETTING IT DOWN IT LANDED ON HIS FINGER.
January 8, 1999WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
FOREMAN WAS SHOWING EE WHAT JOB TO DO NEXT. AS EE TURNED TO RETURN TO LOADER HE TRIPPED ON A ROCK FALLING TO THE GROUND. AS HE FELL HE PUT OUT HIS HAND TO CATCH HIS FALL. HIS HAND STRUCK A ROC K CAUSING A CUT ON THE LEFT INSIDE WRIST. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
June 16, 1998WA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
DIVERTER 1A ON TOWER #1 WAS PLUGGED WITH ROCKS IN THE CHUTE INTO CRUSHER #2. EE REACHED INTO CHUTE TO DISLODGE A ROCK INSTEAD OF USING BAR WHICHWAS PROVIDED, AS HE REACHED IN A ROCK FELL ON HI S RIGHT HAND FRACTURING HIS RING FINGER.
April 15, 1998WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS CUTTING CROWN RUBBED TO LENGTH. AS HE WAS CUTTING THE RUBBER, HE FAILED TO REMOVE HIS FINGER FROM PATH OF KNIFE BLADE. THE RESULT OF WHICH CAUSED A CUT BETWEEN THUMB AND 1ST FINGER ON L EFT HAND.
1996 · 1 incident
August 1, 1996WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A NEW CONVEYOR PULLEY AND WHILE POSITIONING IT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE HAS COMPLAINED NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE PAST AND WAS NOT WEARING BACK BELT AT THE TI ME OF ACCIDENT.
1993 · 2 incidents
December 16, 1993WA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
GRAPPLE OPERATOR WAS LOADING ROCKS FROM UNER THE SCALPER A ROCK CAME ACROSS THE SCALPER & WHEN FALLING INTO PILE A PORTION OF THE ROCK BROKE OFF & STRUCK THE OPERATOR UNDER THE LEFT EYE
June 8, 1993WA · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE COULD NOT TELL HOW OR WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE STATED THAT HIS ARM WAS HURTING WHEN HE WOKE UP IN THE MORNING. EMPLOYEE GREASE'S CHANGES, FILER ETC.
1992 · 1 incident
October 5, 1992WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON THE BOBCAT. EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS LAYING IN MACHINE WITH HIS ARM IN THE FINAL DRIVE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK. EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS IN AN AWK WARD POSITION.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 12LB SLEDGE TO HAMMER A PUNCH THROUGH A PIECE OF RUBBER BELTING TO HANG BELT IN THE SCALPER. THE SLEDGE MISSED THE PUNCH AND SQUARCH, HIT THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER OF H IS LEFT HAND.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE JAY DRILL AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE OPERATOR HAD INCREASED THROTTLE ON THE COMPRESSOR WHEN THE DRILL STARTED TO BACKUP AND JACK KNIFED. THE OPERATOR TRI ED TO SHORT CUT BETWEEN THE COMPRESSOR AND THE DRILL TO ADJUST THE PROPELL LEVER. WHEN CROSSING BETWEEN THE EUQIPMENT THE EMPLOYEES FOOT WAS TRAPED BETWEEN THE DRILL TRACK AND THE COMPRESSOR
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 WALKING DOWN THE ROCK SLOPE. HE ACCIDENTALLY DISLODGED SMALL ROCKS FROM UNDER A LARGE ROCK, CAUSING THE LARGE ROCK TO ROLL APPROX. 8 INCHES, PINNING THE EMPLOYEE'S LEGS AND HI PS UNDER THE LA9GE ROCK.
April 23, 1986WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS