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Krieg Pit & Plant: 106 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Krieg Family LLC
Oak Harbor, Island County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4501301

Krieg Pit & Plant has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
106
citations
11
significant & substantial
$12,850
proposed penalties
$11,751
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,099 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Krieg Construction Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
866
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: 866 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Krieg Pit & Plant has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-19.
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.
10.5%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
10.6%
reasonably likely or greater
44.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.9% low, 71.2% moderate, 1.9% 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.
31 citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
  • Settled 22 · 71%
  • Stood as issued 8 · 26%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 3%
50%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
23%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $3K 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 2023-06-26.
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
WEST20000345M Settlement Manning 2000 $1K → $1K
WEST 2011-406M Settlement Barbour 2011 $1K → $700
WEST 2010-814M Settlement Rae 2011 $756 → $650
WEST 2008-219M Settlement Clarke 2009 $600 → $600
WEST 2023-0286 Default Voisin 2023 $572 → $572
WEST 2018-0202 Settlement Miller 2018 $354 → $236
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: 2019-08-13, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-08-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.61 0.69 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-01-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.14 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.45 0.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.84 1.65 0.51 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.53 0.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.39 0.64 Belt Cleaner
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. Krieg Construction Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 9
2024 7
2023 8
2022 11
2021 12
2020 7
2019 10
2018 12
2017 9
2016 10
2015 11
2014 8
2013 5
2012 3
2011 6
2010 4
2009 6
2008 6
2007 6
2006 6
2005 5
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Krieg Pit & Plant 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
2025 Q2 582 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 858 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,016 7 0 6889.8
2024 Q3 363 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 836 2 0 2392.3
2024 Q1 976 2 0 2049.2
2023 Q4 890 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 661 1 0 1512.9
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 1,211 6 0 4954.6
2023 Q1 809 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 712 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 506 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 790 2 0 2531.6
2022 Q1 731 1 0 1368.0
2021 Q4 869 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 648 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 819 4 0 4884.0
2021 Q1 1,046 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 821 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 965 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,168 1 0 856.2
2019 Q4 521 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 583 1 0 1715.3
2019 Q2 1,178 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,283 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,085 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 646 2 0 3096.0
2018 Q2 1,743 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,757 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 718 2 0 2785.5
2017 Q3 593 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 876 1 0 1141.6
2017 Q1 1,379 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,060 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 930 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,017 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 927 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 824 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,362 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,365 3 0 2197.8
2015 Q1 1,198 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,136 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 902 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,028 2 0 1945.5
2014 Q1 820 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 850 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 668 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 39 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 76 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 478 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,085 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 851 1 1 1175.1
2011 Q1 856 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 754 7 0 9283.8
2010 Q3 615 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 788 2 1 2538.1
2010 Q1 197 3 1 15228.4
2009 Q4 624 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 705 1 0 1418.4
2009 Q2 855 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 968 1 0 1033.1
2008 Q4 953 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,219 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,488 2 0 1344.1
2008 Q1 1,824 3 0 1644.7
2007 Q4 1,383 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,348 6 0 4451.0
2007 Q2 888 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,283 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,256 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,523 5 1 3283.0
2006 Q2 1,280 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,267 2 0 1578.5
2005 Q4 1,123 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 872 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 771 1 0 1297.0
2005 Q1 1,020 1 0 980.4
2004 Q4 1,364 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,606 3 0 1868.0
2004 Q2 1,580 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,860 2 0 1075.3
2003 Q4 1,487 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,138 1 0 467.7
2003 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,351 7 4 5181.3
2002 Q4 1,477 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,421 2 1 1407.5
2002 Q2 1,218 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,081 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,323 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,695 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,699 1 0 588.6
2001 Q1 1,590 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,200 6 0 5000.0
2000 Q3 1,855 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,301 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 919 12 2 13057.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

September 25, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Krieg Construction Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WORKER WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF THE 4-1/4 CONE CRUSHER AFTER CLEANING PLUGGED MATERIAL AND STEPPED INTO A 7 BY 17 INCH OPENING BETWEEN THE CRUSHER AND CATWALK. THIS CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND STRIKE THE SIDE OF HIS BODY AGAINST THE CRUSHER. THIS RESULTED IN BRUISES AND SWELLING TO THE RIGHT RIBS AND JAW. THE RIGHT HAND WAS ALSO SPRAINED.