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Island County RM: 32 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Walt Miles
Oak Harbor, Island County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4500951

Island County RM 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
2
Years on record
1993–2014
Latest incident
May 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
32
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,788
proposed penalties
$3,161
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $627 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Miles Sand & Gravel Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
688
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: 688 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Island County RM 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
31 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $897 in penalties contested before the Commission, $270 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-10.
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.
16.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.1%
reasonably likely or greater
45.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.6% low, 77.4% moderate, 0.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
70%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$897 proposed, $270 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 2010-04-21.
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 2010-1067M Settlement Rae 2011 $897 → $270
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: 2020-11-05, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2015-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 0.74 0.88 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 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.
Ownership history
  1. Everett Brothers Construction Company 1950 to 1982
  2. Everett Brothers Construction Company 1983 to 1990
  3. Krieg Concrete Products Inc 1990 to 2012
  4. Concrete Nor'West 2013 to 2016
  5. Miles Sand & Gravel Company 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 4
2020 3
2019 3
2018 4
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 4
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 3
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Island County RM sits in Island County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Island County, Washington · Population 86,747
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$88,358
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 1,578 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 941 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 958 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,190 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,094 1 0 914.1
2025 Q1 1,416 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 616 3 0 4870.1
2024 Q3 1,052 1 0 950.6
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,369 1 0 730.5
2024 Q1 1,561 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,429 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,554 1 1 643.5
2023 Q2 1,422 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,129 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,201 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 525 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,441 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,181 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,691 1 0 591.4
2021 Q3 1,555 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,730 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,506 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,611 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,467 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,316 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,877 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,678 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,176 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,639 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,465 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,503 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,331 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,865 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,483 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,467 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,226 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,252 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,315 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,043 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,159 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,259 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,420 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,228 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,197 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,036 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,318 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,077 1 1 928.5
2014 Q3 1,182 1 0 846.0
2014 Q2 1,049 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,312 1 0 762.2
2013 Q4 1,105 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,228 1 0 814.3
2013 Q2 1,224 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,317 1 0 759.3
2012 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 701 1 0 1426.5
2012 Q2 794 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 635 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 706 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 779 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 838 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 634 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 702 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 767 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 721 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 808 2 2 2475.2
2009 Q4 773 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 838 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 963 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 744 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 679 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 860 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 770 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 938 1 0 1066.1
2007 Q3 781 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 939 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,039 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 973 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 884 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 866 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 844 1 0 1184.8
2005 Q4 918 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 861 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 965 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 933 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 945 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,189 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,328 2 0 1506.0
2004 Q1 1,366 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,229 1 0 813.7
2003 Q3 1,360 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,115 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,231 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,261 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,240 4 0 3225.8
2002 Q2 1,035 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,073 4 1 3727.9
2001 Q4 1,021 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,065 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,337 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,263 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,252 3 0 2396.2
2000 Q3 1,133 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 961 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,179 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2014 · 1 incident

May 27, 2014 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Concrete Nor'West · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was putting on rubber and metal plates on wash plant while standing on the main feeder belt and eco block. Foot slipped off the main frame and eco block and employee fell backward onto the Grizzly motor frame. Employee did not go to Dr/Hosp until 5/31/14 with soreness. No broken bones, just bruised

1993 · 1 incident

September 29, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Krieg Concrete Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT RT HAND IN MOVING BELT