Mining Incidents

Northport Limestone Metal/Non-Metal

Northport, Stevens County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4500064

Northport Limestone has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2009–2025
Latest incident
Feb 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
56
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,684
proposed penalties
$6,437
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $247 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
29
inspections on record
460
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: 460 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Northport Limestone has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-07-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 2,278 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 568 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,272 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,447 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,453 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 675 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,069 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,372 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,358 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,420 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,605 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,715 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,789 1 0 559.0
2022 Q2 1,995 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,658 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,074 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,342 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,782 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,770 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,090 2 1 956.9
2020 Q3 1,295 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,063 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,519 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 748 1 0 1336.9
2019 Q1 2,926 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,638 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 156 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,091 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,708 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,557 1 0 642.3
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 827 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,835 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,981 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 214 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,570 2 1 778.2
2015 Q4 1,691 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 282 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,208 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,673 1 0 597.7
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 757 1 0 1321.0
2014 Q1 3,327 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,189 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 764 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,448 2 0 817.0
2012 Q4 1,961 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 116 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 955 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,237 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,025 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 245 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 823 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,700 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,724 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 670 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,326 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,650 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 862 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,410 3 0 1244.8
2008 Q4 1,876 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 419 20 5 47732.7
2008 Q2 810 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,526 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,479 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 566 1 0 1766.8
2007 Q1 2,726 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,788 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 594 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 514 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,568 1 0 389.4
2005 Q4 718 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 328 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,049 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,773 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 971 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 815 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,253 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,494 1 0 401.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 582 15 1 25773.2
2003 Q1 2,422 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,500 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 3,043 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,089 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 135 2 0 14814.8
2001 Q1 1,900 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,418 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,293 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,403 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,462 1 0 288.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

February 17, 2025 WA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hemphill Brothers Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped on ice and landed on their right elbow, resulting in pain in their right shoulder.

2024 · 1 incident

March 6, 2024 WA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hemphill Brothers Inc · Fall from machine

Loaded sand at vendor site. While tarping load on their dump truck, they mis-stepped and fell backwards on to ground.

2022 · 1 incident

October 13, 2022 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hemphill Brothers Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was delivering eco-blocks to plant with lowboy trailer. When releasing binder, it popped and struck employee in lower right leg causing injury.

2009 · 1 incident

April 15, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Hemphill Brothers Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Lying on right side under trailer, cutting with torch overhead

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.