Mining Incidents

LOON LAKE SAND & GRAVEL: 24 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Loon Lake Sand & Gravel LLC · Surface
Controlled by Steve Herman
Loon Lake, Stevens County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502509

LOON LAKE SAND & GRAVEL has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
24
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,268
proposed penalties
$2,268
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
22
inspections on record
258
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: 258 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LOON LAKE SAND & GRAVEL has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $55 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-08-20.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
58.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 4.2% none, 4.2% low, 91.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
WEST20030138M Settlement Manning 2003 $55 → $55
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: 2009-11-18, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-11-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.43 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.46 0.57 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-02 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.
Ownership history
  1. G & C Excavating Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. Coombs Sand & Gravel 1985 to 1995
  3. Loon Lake Sand & Gravel Inc 1995 to 2012
  4. Loon Lake Sand & Gravel LLC 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 0
2014 0
2013 2
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 4
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LOON LAKE SAND & GRAVEL sits in Stevens County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Stevens County, Washington · Population 47,470
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$67,405
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
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 136 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 557 0 0 0.0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3 703 1 0 1422.5
2013 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 71 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 376 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 659 3 0 4552.4
2012 Q2 752 1 0 1329.8
2012 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 666 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,299 4 0 3079.3
2011 Q2 548 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 108 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 471 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 852 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 734 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 612 1 0 1634.0
2009 Q3 1,060 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 654 3 0 4587.2
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,083 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,868 2 1 1070.7
2008 Q2 1,685 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,315 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,762 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,374 2 1 842.5
2007 Q1 252 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,663 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,014 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,938 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 367 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,603 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,103 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,993 1 0 501.8
2005 Q1 965 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,595 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,630 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,911 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 306 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,264 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,749 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 813 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 282 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,315 1 0 432.0
2002 Q3 2,573 4 1 1554.6
2002 Q2 1,442 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 328 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,121 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,076 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,170 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 386 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 620 1 0 1612.9
2000 Q2 491 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 133 0 0 0.0

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.