Mining Incidents

LAUREL PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael Lee
Bellingham, Whatcom County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4500723

LAUREL PIT has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Sep 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
118
citations
32
significant & substantial
$56,033
proposed penalties
$30,625
paid to date
55% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $25,408 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
584
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: 584 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LAUREL PIT has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$56K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
117 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2012 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 919 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 779 2 0 2567.4
2010 Q4 949 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,074 1 0 931.1
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 1,348 8 2 5934.7
2010 Q1 464 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 756 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,138 1 1 878.7
2009 Q2 1,238 9 4 7269.8
2009 Q1 497 21 8 42253.5
2008 Q4 998 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,068 8 1 3868.5
2008 Q2 1,708 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 822 4 1 4866.2
2007 Q4 1,519 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,128 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,746 8 1 4581.9
2007 Q1 734 2 0 2724.8
2006 Q4 1,164 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,404 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,086 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 725 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,101 4 0 3633.1
2005 Q3 1,236 1 1 809.1
2005 Q2 942 12 4 12738.9
2005 Q1 687 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,001 1 0 999.0
2004 Q3 1,404 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,636 3 1 1833.7
2004 Q1 712 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 854 3 0 3512.9
2003 Q3 1,171 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,261 3 1 2379.1
2003 Q1 555 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,028 2 2 1945.5
2002 Q3 1,248 3 0 2403.8
2002 Q2 1,237 6 2 4850.4
2002 Q1 619 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 606 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,153 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,070 1 1 934.6
2001 Q1 653 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 862 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,127 15 2 13309.7
2000 Q2 1,041 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 681 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

September 21, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Whatcom Builders Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE'S WERE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT TO THE CONE. INJURED EE WAS NOT FOLLOWING ESTABLISHED RULES NOR USING COMPANY SUPPLIED SAFETY EQUIPMENT. DURING WORK EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON DAMP STEEL & FELL LANDING ON BACK & HIP. THOUGHT HE HAD KNOCKED THE WIND OUT OF HIMSELF. DIDN'T REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL DAYS LATER. DIAGNOSED WITH CONTUSIONS TO BACK, HIP, RIGHT SHOULDER.

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