Mining Incidents

Littlerock Metal/Non-Metal

Olympia, Thurston County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503438

Littlerock has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Jan 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
145
citations
27
significant & substantial
$37,813
proposed penalties
$25,407
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,406 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
53
inspections on record
846
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: 846 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Littlerock has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K 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.
$38K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$12K
outstanding
134 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-18.
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
2025 Q4 2,623 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,852 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,973 3 0 1009.1
2025 Q1 2,581 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,459 4 1 1626.7
2024 Q3 2,541 4 0 1574.2
2024 Q2 2,545 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,170 10 1 4608.3
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,387 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,178 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,501 10 1 3998.4
2023 Q1 2,952 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,000 17 5 5666.7
2022 Q3 4,046 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,543 2 0 564.5
2022 Q1 3,499 3 0 857.4
2021 Q4 4,076 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,016 3 2 498.7
2021 Q2 3,150 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,775 10 2 2649.0
2020 Q4 3,841 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,251 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,781 2 0 529.0
2019 Q4 4,345 2 0 460.3
2019 Q3 3,745 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,198 5 0 1191.0
2019 Q1 4,010 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,851 1 0 206.1
2018 Q3 5,528 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,018 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,722 1 0 211.8
2017 Q4 3,582 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,890 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,823 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 2,140 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,908 1 0 343.9
2012 Q1 2,446 12 5 4906.0
2011 Q4 1,681 1 0 594.9
2011 Q3 3,248 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,591 1 0 278.5
2011 Q1 2,420 1 0 413.2
2010 Q4 4,728 3 1 634.5
2010 Q3 5,510 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,000 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,458 2 0 813.7
2009 Q4 3,870 4 2 1033.6
2009 Q3 6,307 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,960 7 1 1767.7
2009 Q1 17,120 8 1 467.3
2008 Q4 4,825 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,008 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,687 4 1 598.2
2008 Q1 6,803 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,307 3 1 475.7
2007 Q3 9,483 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,298 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,286 3 1 477.3
2006 Q4 6,653 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,542 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,197 1 0 138.9
2006 Q1 6,087 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,095 3 1 588.8
2005 Q3 6,205 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,396 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,843 7 1 1198.0
2004 Q4 5,057 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,429 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,371 2 0 372.4
2004 Q1 4,309 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,839 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,112 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,677 1 0 149.8
2003 Q1 4,098 1 0 244.0
2002 Q3 6,717 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,436 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,403 1 0 227.1
2001 Q4 4,365 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,805 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,932 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,768 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2011 · 1 incident

January 24, 2011 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Quality Rock Products Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was observed lying beside a low-boy trailer near the shop.

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