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Lacey: 97 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Walt Miles
Lacey, Thurston County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4500670

Lacey has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2021
Latest incident
Mar 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
97
citations
19
significant & substantial
$10,531
proposed penalties
$9,919
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $612 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Miles Sand & Gravel Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
995
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: 995 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lacey has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $579 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-23.
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.
19.8%
significant & substantial
1.0%
high negligence or reckless
19.8%
reasonably likely or greater
57.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.9% low, 76.0% moderate, 1.0% 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.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 22%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 11%
67%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $579 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 2020-08-06.
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 2010-412M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $400 → $300
WEST 2018-0212 Settlement Miller 2018 $395 → $119
WEST 2007-483M Settlement Barbour 2007 $273 → $60
WEST 2020-0377 Dismissal Miller 2020 $123 → $0
WEST 2009-962M Settlement Miller 2011 $100 → $100
WEST 2005-255M Dismissal Lesnick 2005 $60 → $0
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: 2026-06-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.91 0.15 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-09-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-09-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-01-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2001-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Lacey recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.92 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 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. Olympia Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to 2002
  2. Miles Sand & Gravel Company 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 9
2024 9
2023 8
2022 10
2021 11
2020 7
2019 8
2018 7
2017 6
2016 6
2015 5
2014 5
2013 4
2012 5
2011 4
2010 2
2009 4
2008 6
2007 6
2006 6
2005 3
2004 4
2003 6
2002 4
2001 6
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lacey sits in Thurston County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Thurston County, Washington · Population 296,640
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$93,985
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 3,049 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,810 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,725 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,548 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,080 1 0 164.5
2025 Q1 5,047 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,866 1 0 205.5
2024 Q3 4,858 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,858 1 0 205.8
2024 Q1 5,497 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,339 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,392 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,483 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,074 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,885 4 0 1029.6
2022 Q3 5,643 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,405 2 0 312.3
2022 Q1 4,423 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,590 1 0 178.9
2021 Q3 5,335 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,410 1 0 184.8
2021 Q1 4,296 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,158 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,485 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,718 2 0 735.8
2020 Q1 4,428 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,028 5 1 1651.3
2019 Q3 3,626 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,061 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,470 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,226 1 0 310.0
2018 Q3 4,209 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,428 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,425 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,751 2 1 727.0
2017 Q3 4,108 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,341 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,843 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,811 3 0 1067.2
2016 Q3 4,211 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,282 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,973 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,877 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,620 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,760 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,394 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,368 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,247 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,172 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,351 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,596 1 0 385.2
2013 Q3 2,309 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,262 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,116 2 1 945.2
2012 Q4 1,776 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,185 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,310 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,531 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,070 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,956 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,602 2 0 1248.4
2011 Q1 1,203 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 733 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 487 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 652 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,195 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,297 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,255 3 2 2390.4
2009 Q2 1,874 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,293 4 0 1744.4
2008 Q4 2,182 1 0 458.3
2008 Q3 2,886 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,394 1 0 294.6
2008 Q1 2,758 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,981 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,135 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,636 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,869 1 0 348.6
2006 Q4 2,525 5 1 1980.2
2006 Q3 2,272 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,184 3 0 1373.6
2006 Q1 2,456 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,518 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,233 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,672 2 0 1196.2
2005 Q1 1,234 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,693 6 3 3544.0
2004 Q3 2,656 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,041 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,754 6 0 2178.6
2003 Q4 3,187 5 0 1568.9
2003 Q3 3,844 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,387 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,526 4 1 1134.4
2002 Q4 2,487 3 0 1206.3
2002 Q3 2,022 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,491 3 0 1204.3
2002 Q1 1,673 1 0 597.7
2001 Q4 2,829 8 4 2827.9
2001 Q3 2,793 7 1 2506.3
2001 Q2 2,497 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,572 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,421 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,449 4 3 1633.3
2000 Q2 2,482 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,446 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2021 · 1 incident

March 18, 2021 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

Dozer traveled up berm to go around wrong side of hoe and tipped to other side of berm, slid approx 10' landing on side/top. Wearing seatbelt, self exit. Dislocated shoulder, EMS called but no transport. Released to Modified Duty. Cylinder damaged on machine and will replace seatbelt.

2016 · 1 incident

January 26, 2016 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Re-installing hydraulic motor on power screen with the assistance of another employee. Miner felt some pain in shoulder and sought medical attention. Miner was given 2 days off before returning to work.

2003 · 1 incident

January 24, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS PRYING A LARGE ROCK WHEN BAR SLIPPED & HETRIED TO STEP BACK & HUNG UP HEEL & FELL BACK ONTAILBONE & LEFT WRIST. HE FELL 18"TO 24"

2002 · 1 incident

October 1, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

TURNED AROUND AND WALKED INTO CONVEYOR AND HIT FACE ON EQUIPMENT. COSMETIC DAMAGE TO TOOTH; REQUIRED ROOT CANAL ON 10/25/02 AND WILL REQUIRE CROWN.