Mining Incidents

Herke Quarry Portable 1: 48 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Herke Rock & Construction · Surface
Controlled by Steve Herke; Mark Herke
Yakima, Yakima County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503520

Herke Quarry Portable 1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $508 outstanding across 0 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 2003
48
citations
12
significant & substantial
$5,242
proposed penalties
$4,734
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $508 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
21
inspections on record
292
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: 292 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Herke Quarry Portable 1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $508 outstanding across 0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$508
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-09-18.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
2.1%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
64.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.4% low, 87.5% moderate, 2.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2013-02-07, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-02-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.2 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-02-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Backhoe Operator
2005-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 2.13 0.19 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.
Ownership history
  1. Herke Rock & Construction 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 3
2012 3
2011 2
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 4
2004 2
2003 3
2002 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Herke Quarry Portable 1 sits in Yakima County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Yakima County, Washington · Population 256,605
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$68,015
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
2016 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 161 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 261 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 281 2 0 7117.4
2013 Q2 258 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 249 3 1 12048.2
2012 Q4 269 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,059 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,113 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 607 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 590 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 546 3 0 5494.5
2011 Q1 361 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 977 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 602 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 513 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,137 4 0 3518.0
2009 Q4 510 5 4 9803.9
2009 Q3 612 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 594 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 618 9 2 14563.1
2008 Q4 211 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 614 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 630 2 1 3174.6
2007 Q4 723 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 666 7 3 10510.5
2007 Q2 644 1 0 1552.8
2007 Q1 591 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 617 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 941 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,028 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 776 3 1 3866.0
2005 Q3 1,884 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 941 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 462 2 0 4329.0
2004 Q4 551 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 544 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,728 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,347 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,636 2 0 1222.5
2003 Q3 1,883 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,739 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,560 5 0 3205.1
2002 Q4 535 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 302 0 0 0.0

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.