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Lawson Quarry Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Lawson Quarry Inc · Surface

Controlled by Thomas Lawson

Friday harbor, San Juan County, WA  ·  Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4503325

Lawson Quarry Inc has $154K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

3

Years on record

2009–2017

Latest incident

Mar 2017

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

262

citations

70

significant & substantial

$153,953

proposed penalties

$103,322

paid to date

67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $50,631 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

80

inspections on record

1,542

inspection hours

17.0

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

262 citations across 1,542 inspection hours.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lawson Quarry Inc has $154K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 4 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$154K

proposed penalties

$113K

current assessed

$103K

paid to date

$10K

outstanding

258 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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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 Q4	2,741	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	2,881	8	1	2776.8
2025 Q2	2,780	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	2,700	7	0	2592.6
2024 Q4	891	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,924	3	1	1559.3
2024 Q2	1,662	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,874	17	8	9071.5

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	1,720	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	1,872	3	2	1602.6
2023 Q2	1,543	9	2	5832.8
2023 Q1	2,007	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	1,891	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	2,005	11	6	5486.3
2022 Q2	2,080	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	1,886	11	2	5832.4
2021 Q4	1,941	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	1,647	7	2	4250.2
2021 Q2	1,780	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	1,774	4	0	2254.8
2020 Q4	1,937	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	1,703	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	1,707	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	1,762	1	0	567.5
2019 Q4	1,685	1	0	593.5
2019 Q3	1,874	3	1	1600.9
2019 Q2	2,171	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	2,548	12	4	4709.6
2018 Q4	2,779	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	2,741	1	0	364.8
2018 Q2	2,980	5	0	1677.9
2018 Q1	2,505	9	5	3592.8
2017 Q4	2,297	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	2,353	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	2,505	6	0	2395.2
2017 Q1	1,976	2	1	1012.1
2016 Q4	987	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	1,174	1	0	851.8
2016 Q2	1,132	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	733	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	1,457	2	0	1372.7
2015 Q3	2,022	3	0	1483.7
2015 Q2	2,575	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	2,064	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	2,114	3	0	1419.1
2014 Q3	2,143	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	1,938	7	2	3612.0
2014 Q1	1,766	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	1,759	8	2	4548.0
2013 Q3	1,973	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	2,819	5	0	1773.7
2013 Q1	2,260	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	2,460	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	2,348	6	2	2555.4
2012 Q2	840	6	2	7142.9
2012 Q1	1,494	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	1,704	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	1,990	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	1,903	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	1,618	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	1,859	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	2,681	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	2,160	7	3	3240.7
2010 Q1	1,470	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	1,785	10	5	5602.2
2009 Q3	1,227	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	1,410	6	2	4255.3
2009 Q1	1,231	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	1,513	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	1,471	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	2,404	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	2,809	7	1	2492.0
2007 Q4	3,033	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	2,764	3	0	1085.4
2007 Q2	2,702	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	2,508	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	2,051	2	1	975.1
2006 Q2	2,233	3	2	1343.5
2005 Q4	1,663	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	2,074	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	1,352	3	0	2218.9
2005 Q1	1,911	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	1,351	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	1,443	8	1	5544.0
2004 Q2	2,520	1	0	396.8
2004 Q1	1,904	4	0	2100.8
2003 Q4	2,064	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	2,238	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	1,897	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	1,925	0	0	0.0
2002 Q4	2,252	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	2,099	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	2,366	20	8	8453.1
2001 Q4	2,252	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	1,590	6	0	3773.6
2001 Q2	1,996	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	1,856	3	0	1616.4
2000 Q4	640	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	3,840	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	1,459	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	1,010	3	1	2970.3

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 1 incident

March 6, 2017 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Lawson Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner tried to free up a lodged rock and bar sprang back at EE, resulting in a cut to the shoulder. EE received several stitches.

2015 · 1 incident

July 14, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Lawson Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE smashed his finger using a rock bar.

2009 · 1 incident

October 28, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator ELECTRICAL

Lawson Quarry Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Alternator failed, causing battery to overheat and boil dry. A spark was somehow created during the jump starting process, igniting the gas and resulting in the explosion of the battery.

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