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NORHTWEST MARBLE PRODUCTS: 131 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mary Ruth Smith Estate
Spokane, Stevens County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4500407

NORHTWEST MARBLE PRODUCTS has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
131
citations
39
significant & substantial
$30,488
proposed penalties
$22,355
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,133 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Northwest Marble Products Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
36
inspections on record
799
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: 799 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

NORHTWEST MARBLE PRODUCTS has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 4 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.
$30K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
129 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $34K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-04-09.
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.
30.2%
significant & substantial
5.4%
high negligence or reckless
30.2%
reasonably likely or greater
74.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.6% none, 14.7% low, 78.3% moderate, 5.4% 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.
29 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Settled 18 · 62%
  • Stood as issued 11 · 38%
100%
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 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
86%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$34K proposed, $5K 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 2011-06-10.
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 2004-414M Dismissal Lesnick 2004 $22K → $0
WEST 2009-720M Settlement Barbour 2011 $10K → $3K
WEST 2009-1196M Settlement Miller 2011 $1K → $850
WEST 2011-1087M Settlement Barbour 2012 $463 → $463
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: 2009-05-21, 17 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz85 over
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-03-01 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 25.38 10 2.54 Bagging Operator
2004-11-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 19.03 10 1.90 Bagging Operator
2004-07-27 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 57.57 10 5.76 Bagging Operator
2004-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 9.07 1.67 5.43 Bagging Operator
2004-05-19 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 27.34 10 2.73 Bagging Operator
2004-05-19 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 14.58 10 1.46 Bagging Operator
2009-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.51 0.21 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-25 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 3.26 10 0.33 Bagging Operator
2004-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 2.23 0.13 Bagging Operator
2004-11-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 4.22 10 0.42 Bagging Operator
2004-07-27 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 7 10 0.70 Bagging Operator
2004-07-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.12 Bagging Operator
2003-07-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 4.32 10 0.43 Bagging Operator
2003-07-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 8.27 10 0.83 Bagging Operator
2003-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.05 2.59 0.41 Bagging Operator
2003-07-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 4.97 10 0.50 Bagging Operator
2002-04-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 2.73 0.22 Utility Man
2002-04-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.28 10 0.23 Bagging Operator
2002-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2002-04-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.85 10 0.09 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.
Ownership history
  1. Northwest Marble Products Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 1
2012 6
2011 8
2010 7
2009 6
2008 8
2007 6
2006 8
2005 7
2004 12
2003 5
2002 4
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

NORHTWEST MARBLE PRODUCTS 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
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 160 1 0 6250.0
2012 Q4 1,531 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,666 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,276 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,917 2 0 1043.3
2011 Q4 2,606 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,283 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 2,076 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,636 3 1 1833.7
2010 Q4 2,437 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,396 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,837 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,611 5 0 3103.7
2009 Q4 2,861 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,729 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,384 4 0 1677.9
2009 Q1 1,664 11 6 6610.6
2008 Q4 2,324 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,296 3 1 910.2
2008 Q2 2,982 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,706 11 2 4065.0
2007 Q4 2,644 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,910 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,758 7 2 2538.1
2007 Q1 2,439 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,154 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,008 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,518 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,458 1 0 289.2
2005 Q4 3,577 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,295 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,590 2 0 557.1
2005 Q1 2,693 1 0 371.3
2004 Q4 4,303 5 1 1162.0
2004 Q3 4,032 2 1 496.0
2004 Q2 1,242 12 4 9661.8
2004 Q1 3,742 34 13 9086.1
2003 Q4 2,709 1 0 369.1
2003 Q3 1,980 4 0 2020.2
2003 Q2 2,317 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,120 16 8 5128.2
2002 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,902 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,436 5 0 3481.9
2002 Q1 637 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,224 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,385 1 0 419.3
2001 Q2 2,458 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,580 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,630 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,387 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,425 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 945 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

February 20, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northwest Marble Products Inc · Struck by falling object

When removing conveyor belt during the construction of new bag house being installed belt was coming down it slipped ee party tripped over pallet near bye At this point belt fell onto right foot when belt was lifted off he was taken to the hospital At hospital was determined he had sprained ankle was not broken he could return to work in couple of days.