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Lynch Creek Quarry LLC: 174 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David G Randles
Eatonville, Pierce County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4502016

Lynch Creek Quarry LLC has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1991–2005
Latest incident
Sep 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
174
citations
37
significant & substantial
$20,913
proposed penalties
$20,913
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Lynch Creek Quarry LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,088
inspection hours
16.0
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.
174 citations across 1,088 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lynch Creek Quarry LLC has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
174 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-22.
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.
21.3%
significant & substantial
2.3%
high negligence or reckless
21.3%
reasonably likely or greater
61.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.6% low, 85.1% moderate, 2.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-08-14
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Shovel Operator
2017-07-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.8 1.16 0.69 Backhoe Operator
2013-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.72 0.15 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.77 0.42 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 Truck Driver
2001-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 1.25 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.81 0.63 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Lynch Creek Quarry LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.09 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 5.68 5.68 0.000
2004 * 6.68 6.68 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 15.13 7.57 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Materne Brothers Company 1950 to 1979
  2. Dave Shore 1979 to 1983
  3. R W Henricksen Inc 1983 to 1991
  4. Lynch Creek Quarry LLC 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 6
2023 6
2022 5
2021 5
2020 5
2019 6
2018 6
2017 6
2016 7
2015 9
2014 5
2013 4
2012 5
2011 5
2010 5
2009 6
2008 8
2007 11
2006 14
2005 19
2004 15
2003 17
2002 14
2001 13
2000 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lynch Creek Quarry LLC sits in Pierce 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.
Pierce County, Washington · Population 924,106
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$96,632
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
2026 Q2 1,991 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,905 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,941 2 0 1030.4
2025 Q3 1,120 4 0 3571.4
2025 Q2 1,035 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,006 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,266 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,119 2 0 943.8
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,759 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,515 2 0 1320.1
2023 Q4 1,842 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,624 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,259 1 0 794.3
2023 Q1 1,597 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,367 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,925 7 2 3636.4
2022 Q2 1,822 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,698 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,593 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,757 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,557 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,451 1 0 689.2
2020 Q4 1,471 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,605 1 0 623.1
2020 Q2 1,307 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,908 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,878 4 0 2129.9
2019 Q3 2,460 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,210 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,714 9 3 5250.9
2018 Q4 1,966 2 2 1017.3
2018 Q3 2,082 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,410 2 0 829.9
2018 Q1 1,929 4 2 2073.6
2017 Q4 2,301 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,221 1 1 450.2
2017 Q2 2,470 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,110 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,263 1 1 441.9
2016 Q3 2,642 2 0 757.0
2016 Q2 2,800 3 0 1071.4
2016 Q1 2,217 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,180 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,680 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,499 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,691 2 0 743.2
2014 Q4 2,457 2 1 814.0
2014 Q3 1,973 3 0 1520.5
2014 Q2 1,228 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,460 1 0 684.9
2013 Q4 1,492 3 1 2010.7
2013 Q3 1,599 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,562 3 0 1920.6
2013 Q1 1,586 4 0 2522.1
2012 Q4 1,190 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,521 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,696 3 0 1768.9
2012 Q1 1,572 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,269 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,869 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,267 1 0 441.1
2011 Q1 1,807 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,971 2 1 1014.7
2010 Q3 2,025 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,918 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,331 2 0 858.0
2009 Q4 1,928 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,740 2 0 729.9
2009 Q2 2,221 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,935 3 0 1022.1
2008 Q4 3,456 3 0 868.1
2008 Q3 4,041 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,364 4 1 1189.1
2008 Q1 3,021 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,733 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,460 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,727 1 0 211.6
2007 Q1 5,441 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,966 7 2 1409.6
2006 Q3 4,595 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,654 1 0 176.9
2006 Q1 8,562 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,334 4 0 480.0
2005 Q3 9,070 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,189 3 0 326.5
2005 Q1 8,631 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,569 6 1 792.7
2004 Q3 7,463 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,219 7 2 969.7
2004 Q1 7,695 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,932 11 3 1231.5
2003 Q3 8,423 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,056 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,277 5 4 796.6
2002 Q4 7,377 2 0 271.1
2002 Q3 6,999 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,836 3 1 438.9
2002 Q1 5,218 5 0 958.2
2001 Q4 6,576 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,982 4 2 668.7
2001 Q2 5,340 5 1 936.3
2001 Q1 5,745 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,243 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,934 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,726 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,488 20 4 4456.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2005 · 1 incident

September 9, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Struck by falling object

Installing a conveyor, leg brace came loose hitting him in head knocking off hard hat.

2004 · 1 incident

March 24, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Struck against a moving object

CLAIMS HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING THE LOADER.

2002 · 2 incidents

February 18, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEFT ARM WENT NUMB WHILE OPERATING EXCAVATOR-CONTINUED TO USE ARM CAUSING DOCTORS TREATMENT POSSIBLE TENDONITIS.

1999 · 1 incident

April 10, 1999 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO LOOSEN BOLT ON JAW. WHEN 4# HAMM4ER BOUNCED OFF SCREEN MISSED WRENCH AND HIT LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

1998 · 1 incident

1997 · 3 incidents

March 13, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER, PIECE BROKE OFF & HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE

January 13, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Fall onto or against objects

SLIPPED ON BLADE CROSS BRACE WHEN TRIED TO HOOK UP SHACKER

1996 · 1 incident

May 11, 1996 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Struck by flying object

PERSON WAS WATCHING A MECHANIC DRIVE A BEARING RACE WITH A HAMMER A STEEL PUNCH. A METAL FRAGMENT CAME OFF THE PINCH WHERE IT CONTACTED THE BEARING RACE. PERSON STRUCK WAS ABOUT 6 FT. FROM THE WORK PIECE. METAL FRAGMENT LODGED IN RIGHT WRIST.

1995 · 2 incidents

July 17, 1995 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE PINCHED MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN 2 ROCKS HE WAS MOVING. AT NOON BREAK HE SAID HE HURT HIS FINGER. I EXAMINED IT & FOUND NO BREAK IN SKIN. EE WORKED HIS REGULAR JOB & SHIFT UNTIL 7-29-95 WHEN H E WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH INFECTION IN HIS MIDDLE FINGER. IT WAS XRAYED ON 7-26-95 & NOTHING WAS FOUND.

May 8, 1995 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF CONVEYOR RATHER THAN CLIMBING DOWN

1994 · 2 incidents

May 11, 1994 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING OFF ROAD ROCK DUMP TRUCK WITHIN QUARRY ON ROUGH ROAD AND FELT PAIN IN LACK AS DAY PROGRESSED REPORTED TI TO SUPERVISOR AT END OF SHIFT.

January 19, 1994 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TRACK OF MACHINE REACHING AROUND & PULLING & JERKING ON CAB DOOR. FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

1993 · 1 incident

April 20, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING ON SIDE INSIDE SCREENING UNIT PULLING SCREEN OUT FELT BURNING IN SHOULDERNEXT DAY FELT PAIN.

1992 · 4 incidents

July 6, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING STEMMING IN A 5 GALLON BUCKE TAPPROX WEIGHT 50 LBS AND STRAINED HIS BACK. THE INJURY IS BEING CONTESTED AT PRESENT TIME. THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO NOT FILL THE BUC KET TO CAPACITY AND USE PROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUES.

April 30, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING GRINDING WHEEL WHEN IT BROKE AND PIECES HIT HIM IN THE UPPER LEFT THIGH.

March 3, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BRAKE DRUM & HUB & PULLED MUSCLE IN GROIN AREA A SHOP CRANE WAS AVAILABLE FOR USE BUT EMPLYEE ELECTED NOT TO USE IT

January 24, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON DOZER CUTTING EDGE WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN THE MOUTH CUTTING LOWER LIP AND BREAKING TOOTH.

1991 · 2 incidents

June 11, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Struck against stationary object

CHANGING SCREEN CLOTH IN 2 DECK SCREEN.REMOVED THE TOP SCREEN PANEL TO PLACE BOLTS IN LOWER DECK.WHEN HE BENT OVER TO INSTALL THE BOLTS HIT FOREHEAD ON THE END OF PREVIOUSLY REMOVED PANEL CUTT ING FOREHEAD REQ UIRING STITCHES.

April 25, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS JOB SITE TO HIS MACHINE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.