Mining Incidents

LOOKOUT RIDGE: 33 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Steve Smith Construction Inc · Surface
Controlled by Steven F Smith
Clark County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503435

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
33
citations
24
significant & substantial
$5,053
proposed penalties
$293
paid to date
6% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,760 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
83
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: 83 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LOOKOUT RIDGE has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$293
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-04-27.
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.
72.7%
significant & substantial
12.1%
high negligence or reckless
72.7%
reasonably likely or greater
78.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 87.9% moderate, 12.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Steve Smith Construction Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

LOOKOUT RIDGE sits in Clark 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.
Clark County, Washington · Population 510,516
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$94,948
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.