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Granite Falls Quarry: 177 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Granite Falls, Snohomish County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503424

Granite Falls Quarry has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2019
Latest incident
Apr 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
177
citations
28
significant & substantial
$62,639
proposed penalties
$57,643
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,996 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See HM Pacific Northwest, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
68
inspections on record
1,411
inspection hours
12.5
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.
177 citations across 1,411 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-10-11.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Granite Falls Quarry has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 3 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.
$63K
proposed penalties
$59K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
175 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $25K in penalties contested before the Commission, $22K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
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.
16.0%
significant & substantial
1.1%
high negligence or reckless
16.0%
reasonably likely or greater
51.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.6% none, 29.7% low, 68.6% moderate, 1.1% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 71%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 29%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
13%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$25K proposed, $22K 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 2017-12-28.
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 2010-957M Dismissal Barbour 2012 $11K → $11K
WEST 2008-297M Settlement Barbour 2008 $9K → $9K
WEST 2018-0153 Settlement McCarthy 2018 $5K → $2K
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: 2023-07-20, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (16)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.74 0.61 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.78 0.53 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-03-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2016-03-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.23 0.16 Cleanup Man
2013-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.68 0.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-12-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.13 1.98 0.57 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-08-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-08-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-01-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.13 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-11-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.51 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.19 0.14 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 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.90 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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 3.19 0.00 0.000
2018 * 3.68 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Csr Associated 2000 to 2001
  2. Rinker Materials 2001 to 2009
  3. CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific, LLC 2009 to 2017
  4. HM Pacific Northwest, Inc. 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 7
2024 12
2023 17
2022 28
2021 28
2020 28
2019 28
2018 22
2017 18
2016 20
2015 19
2014 20
2013 14
2012 11
2011 10
2010 15
2009 18
2008 19
2007 10
2006 8
2005 6
2004 3
2003 4
2002 4
2001 7
2000 16
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
2026 Q2 2,767 5 0 1807.0
2026 Q1 2,258 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,090 9 0 4306.2
2025 Q3 1,984 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,458 5 1 916.1
2025 Q1 2,734 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,445 8 1 1799.8
2024 Q3 5,589 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,772 3 0 519.8
2024 Q1 4,846 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,910 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,452 5 0 775.0
2023 Q2 9,573 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 12,124 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 12,024 5 0 415.8
2022 Q3 14,384 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 15,293 7 1 457.7
2022 Q1 13,038 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 14,871 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 13,246 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 13,982 8 1 572.2
2021 Q1 13,440 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 13,135 6 2 456.8
2020 Q3 13,212 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,507 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 14,538 3 0 206.4
2019 Q4 14,979 8 0 534.1
2019 Q3 15,030 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 17,250 5 0 289.9
2019 Q1 15,413 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 12,507 4 0 319.8
2018 Q3 14,973 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 13,931 1 0 71.8
2018 Q1 12,922 4 2 309.5
2017 Q4 11,060 10 2 904.2
2017 Q3 12,816 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12,704 4 2 314.9
2017 Q1 9,881 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 9,267 3 0 323.7
2016 Q3 10,486 2 0 190.7
2016 Q2 10,064 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 9,967 3 2 301.0
2015 Q4 7,991 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,111 1 0 98.9
2015 Q2 9,205 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 7,670 1 0 130.4
2014 Q4 10,373 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 15,499 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,648 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,227 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,743 1 0 148.3
2013 Q3 7,778 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,882 1 0 126.9
2013 Q1 7,346 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,326 2 0 316.2
2012 Q3 6,191 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,503 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,689 1 0 213.3
2011 Q4 5,417 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,358 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,174 2 0 323.9
2011 Q1 5,248 2 0 381.1
2010 Q4 5,643 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,650 2 0 231.2
2010 Q2 7,519 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,954 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8,209 4 1 487.3
2009 Q3 9,942 6 2 603.5
2009 Q2 6,283 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 7,527 4 2 531.4
2008 Q4 6,732 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,755 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 15,259 7 1 458.7
2008 Q1 8,803 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,442 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,947 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,637 5 0 578.9
2007 Q1 8,756 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,030 2 0 284.5
2006 Q3 7,216 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,254 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,895 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,038 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,394 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,856 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,832 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,926 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,141 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,179 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,229 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,911 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,039 1 0 490.4
2003 Q1 1,461 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,514 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,132 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,355 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,151 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,776 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,660 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,111 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,835 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,022 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,484 3 0 547.0
2000 Q2 2,458 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2019 · 1 incident

April 19, 2019 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
HM Pacific Northwest, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a skid steer at the tailings pile when ee ran over a 4x8 rock causing the skid steer to lurch, jarring back.

2018 · 1 incident

May 7, 2018 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HM Pacific Northwest, Inc. · Fall from machine

Grease on handrail, causing employee to slip and fall. Broken wrist.

2008 · 1 incident

July 10, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rinker Materials · Struck by falling object

Smashed 4th digit on right hand inserting a lifting pin into lifting hole on concrete catch basin

2000 · 2 incidents

September 12, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Csr Associated · Struck by falling object

WHILE PRYING WITH PRY BAR AT THE 4X8" CHUTE, UNLOADING ROCK FROM THE CHUTE, ANOTHER ROCK HIT BARTHEN HIT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT WRIST.

July 19, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Csr Associated · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADER OPERATOR EXITED LOADER TO ASSIST TRUCK DRIVER WITH ROCK STUCK IN TAILGATE. LOADER OPERATOR USED HANDS TO LIFT TAILGATE WHEN ROCK CLEARED TAILGATE WAS HEAVIER THAN ANTICIPATED. OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO HOLD WEIGHT AND TAILGATE SLIPPED FROM GRASP, PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN TAILGATE AND DUMP BOX.