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: 67 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Moses Lake Pit & Plant has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-03-15.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2001
0
2000
2
1999
3
1998
4
1997
3
1996
4
1995
5
1994
5
1993
5
1992
6
1991
4
1990
3
1989
3
1988
3
1987
4
1986
5
1985
5
1984
5
1983
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Moses Lake Pit & Plant sits in Grant 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.
Grant County, Washington · Population 100,428
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$71,115
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
REPAIRING TENSION SPRING ROD ON CRUSHER JAW WHEN ROD DISC FELL SMASHING FINGER BETWEEN TENSION ROD AND JAW FRAME. RESULTED IN BREAKING FINGER. NO STITCHES.
1994 · 2 incidents
April 22, 1994WA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
EE SLIPPED OFF THE RUNNING BOARD OF HIS TRUCK LANDING ON HIS BACK AGAINST THE RUNNING BOARD HE BROKE TWO RIBS
1992 · 4 incidents
December 11, 1992WA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE RESCREEING #2 SCREEN EE SLIPPED ON SOME MUD AND HIT HIS EBLOW ON THE FRAME WHEN EE FELL. HE HAS WHAT THE DOCTOR CALLS TRAUMATIC BURSISTIS TO HIS ELBOW.
August 5, 1992WA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
OPERATING DOZER IN PIT AREA AND HAD BLOWING SAND PARTICLE GET INTO EYES .
1990 · 1 incident
August 13, 1990WA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DRIVER DELIVERING CRUSHED ROCK TO STOCKPILE STEERING WHEEL SPOKE STRUCK LITTLE FINGER OPERATOR REPORTED IN AFTERNOON WENT TO DR REPORTED COULD NOT DRIVE AND WOULD TAKE A FEW WEEKS OFF AS CRU CRUSHER WAS NOT WORKING FULL TIME