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MORGAN KAME TERRACE: 166 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William Kombol
Black Diamond, King County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503338

MORGAN KAME TERRACE has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120 outstanding across 28 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2014–2017
Latest incident
Feb 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
166
citations
28
significant & substantial
$24,322
proposed penalties
$19,115
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,207 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Palmer Coking Coal Company LLP's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,103
inspection hours
15.0
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.
166 citations across 1,103 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MORGAN KAME TERRACE has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120 outstanding across 28 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$120
outstanding
165 assessments are final orders; 28 contested dockets.
Of $16K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-09.
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.
17.0%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
18.8%
reasonably likely or greater
46.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.2% none, 13.9% low, 80.0% moderate, 4.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
34 citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
  • Settled 26 · 76%
  • Stood as issued 3 · 9%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 5 · 15%
70%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 20 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
59%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $6K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2018-10-30.
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
WEST 2008-934M Prevail Barbour 2012 $5K → $1K
WEST 2008-749M Settlement Melick 2008 $3K → $2K
WEST 2007-19M Settlement Barbour 2007 $2K → $975
WEST 2007-541M Settlement Barbour 2008 $1K → $346
WEST20000237M Prevail Manning 2000 $480 → $450
WEST20020089M Settlement Schroeder 2002 $436 → $349
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: 2025-10-09
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Arsenic fumes2
  • Beryllium fumes2
Show the individual readings (38)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-08-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.81 0.74 1.09 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.61 0.36 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-12-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Mechanic
2015-12-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2015-02-18 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-02-18 Beryllium fumes 0.01 2 0.01 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Iron oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Lead fumes 0.53 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-02-18 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Iron oxide fumes 0.07 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Lead fumes 20.2 450 0.04 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.01 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-22 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-07-31 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. Palmer Coking Coal Company LLP 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 4
2020 5
2019 5
2018 5
2017 5
2016 5
2015 5
2014 5
2013 5
2012 5
2011 5
2010 5
2009 6
2008 6
2007 7
2006 7
2005 8
2004 9
2003 8
2002 6
2001 4
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MORGAN KAME TERRACE sits in King County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
King County, Washington · Population 2,262,713
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$122,148
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 1,320 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,363 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,199 1 0 834.0
2025 Q3 987 3 0 3039.5
2025 Q2 1,230 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,014 5 2 4931.0
2024 Q4 1,106 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 905 1 0 1105.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,190 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 943 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 706 8 0 11331.4
2023 Q3 588 4 0 6802.7
2023 Q2 662 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,099 3 0 2729.8
2022 Q3 1,346 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,405 2 0 1423.5
2022 Q1 1,206 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,291 3 0 2323.8
2021 Q3 1,397 3 0 2147.5
2021 Q2 1,611 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,808 1 0 553.1
2020 Q4 2,353 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,805 4 1 1426.0
2020 Q2 2,410 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,405 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,163 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,692 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,269 3 0 1322.2
2019 Q1 2,231 2 0 896.5
2018 Q4 2,059 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,762 3 0 1086.2
2018 Q2 2,431 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,269 4 1 1762.9
2017 Q4 2,002 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,191 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,491 6 0 2408.7
2017 Q1 2,585 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,151 3 0 1394.7
2016 Q3 2,626 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,780 3 1 1079.1
2016 Q1 2,029 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,197 4 0 1820.7
2015 Q3 2,388 2 0 837.5
2015 Q2 2,604 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,510 3 1 1195.2
2014 Q4 2,515 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,039 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,344 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,089 8 2 3829.6
2013 Q4 2,531 1 0 395.1
2013 Q3 2,149 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,853 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,548 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,597 2 0 770.1
2012 Q3 2,220 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,672 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,055 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,536 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,608 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,942 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,553 1 0 643.9
2010 Q4 2,246 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,650 2 2 754.7
2010 Q2 1,780 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,531 1 1 653.2
2009 Q4 2,274 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,893 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,776 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,482 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,181 2 0 917.0
2008 Q3 3,031 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,529 3 1 1186.2
2008 Q1 2,558 3 3 1172.8
2007 Q4 2,345 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,223 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,890 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,632 2 0 759.9
2006 Q4 2,835 8 2 2821.9
2006 Q3 3,530 12 5 3399.4
2006 Q2 3,005 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,479 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,489 11 0 3152.8
2005 Q3 3,695 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,182 1 0 314.3
2005 Q1 3,227 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,981 3 0 602.3
2004 Q3 4,257 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,440 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,142 3 0 954.8
2003 Q4 4,576 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,801 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,131 6 0 1452.4
2003 Q1 3,103 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,046 4 1 988.6
2002 Q3 3,755 5 1 1331.6
2002 Q2 1,141 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 924 2 0 2164.5
2001 Q4 1,004 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 915 6 3 6557.4
2001 Q2 978 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 939 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,081 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,091 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 879 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,154 7 1 6065.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 1 incident

February 14, 2017 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Palmer Coking Coal Company LLP · Struck by falling object

Employee was handling steel plates when one slipped an fell on their hand. Injuring the left hand index finger.

2015 · 1 incident

July 30, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Palmer Coking Coal Company LLP · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was directed to check activity on the other side of the berm. When stepping up onto the berm, employee's ankle rolled on uneven ground and injured his left calf. At the time of the accident, the employee was unsure if he was injured or not, or the exact extent of his injury.

2014 · 1 incident

February 27, 2014 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Palmer Coking Coal Company LLP · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE was working on a concrete dock which rolled causing the employee to fall. The EE worked the rest of his shift & worked the next day. On March 3, 2014 EE reported a sore back but was unsure of the exact. EE took a week of vacation to rest his back. On March 10 EE told employer that the fall was the probable cause of back injury & sought medical care on March 11, 2014.