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Miller Bay Pit: 56 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Indianola, Kitsap County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503711

Miller Bay Pit has $22K 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
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Feb 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
56
citations
17
significant & substantial
$21,829
proposed penalties
$21,829
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Peninsula Topsoil LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
38
inspections on record
521
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: 521 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Miller Bay Pit has $22K 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
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.
30.4%
significant & substantial
12.5%
high negligence or reckless
30.4%
reasonably likely or greater
42.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.9% low, 78.6% moderate, 10.7% high, 1.8% 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: 2021-09-08, 5 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-11-28 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. Bill Arness 2012 to 2016
  2. Arness Inc. 2016 to 2022
  3. Peninsula Topsoil LLC 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 2
2019 3
2018 3
2017 2
2016 2
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Miller Bay Pit sits in Kitsap 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.
Kitsap County, Washington · Population 276,581
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$98,546
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 596 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 461 3 0 6507.6
2025 Q4 686 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 597 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 628 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 332 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 342 2 0 5848.0
2024 Q3 551 1 0 1814.9
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 712 1 0 1404.5
2023 Q3 896 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 767 2 1 2607.6
2023 Q1 630 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 752 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 717 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 381 3 0 7874.0
2022 Q1 546 1 0 1831.5
2021 Q4 562 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 568 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 584 1 0 1712.3
2021 Q1 599 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 569 1 0 1757.5
2020 Q3 589 2 0 3395.6
2020 Q2 629 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 544 3 1 5514.7
2019 Q4 649 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 799 2 0 2503.1
2019 Q2 674 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 502 1 0 1992.0
2018 Q4 651 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 823 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 776 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 824 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,034 1 1 967.1
2017 Q3 945 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 924 3 0 3246.8
2017 Q1 943 2 1 2120.9
2016 Q4 729 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 699 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 530 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 860 9 5 10465.1
2015 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 648 1 0 1543.2
2015 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 614 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 524 1 0 1908.4
2014 Q3 660 2 1 3030.3
2014 Q2 614 10 5 16286.6
2014 Q1 627 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 589 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 601 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 585 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 607 2 1 3294.9
2012 Q4 178 2 1 11236.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

February 7, 2024 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Peninsula Topsoil LLC · Struck against a moving object

Injury; neck and back. It was like a vehicle hitting you from behind (whiplash). The D-6 Dozer was moving forward and just stopped.