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Pacific Quarry: 92 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Mt. Vernon, Skagit County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4500844

Pacific Quarry has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $290 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1984–2024
Latest incident
Sep 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
92
citations
20
significant & substantial
$22,270
proposed penalties
$21,766
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $504 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
65
inspections on record
1,090
inspection hours
8.4
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.
92 citations across 1,090 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pacific Quarry has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $290 outstanding across 3 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
$290
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $490 in penalties contested before the Commission, $308 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-19.
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.
21.7%
significant & substantial
5.4%
high negligence or reckless
20.7%
reasonably likely or greater
51.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.1% none, 28.3% low, 65.2% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 4 · 80%
  • Still open 1 · 20%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
37%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$490 proposed, $308 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 2026-01-22.
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 2010-817M Default Lesnick 2011 $308 → $308
WEST 2024-0097 Dismissal Manning 2024 $182 → $0
WEST 2026-0087 Decision pending
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: 2026-04-21
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 1.06 0.53 Truck Driver
2026-04-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2026-04-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.05 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-02-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2022-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-02-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-12-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.99 0.28 Truck Driver
2009-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 1.05 0.48 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.51 0.10 Truck Driver
2005-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 1.58 0.32 Truck Driver
2002-01-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.99 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-24 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.

Pacific Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.87 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 9.49 0.00 0.000
2007 * 6.95 0.00 0.000
2006 * 6.10 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Pacific Quarries Inc 1950 to 1987
  2. Meridian Aggregates Company 1987 to 1991
  3. Meridian Aggregates Company 1991 to 2001
  4. Meridian Aggregates Company LP 2001 to 2008
  5. Martin Marietta Materials 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 9
2024 10
2023 11
2022 10
2021 10
2020 9
2019 10
2018 10
2017 10
2016 9
2015 9
2014 10
2013 7
2012 8
2011 11
2010 10
2009 11
2008 13
2007 13
2006 14
2005 16
2004 15
2003 16
2002 15
2001 16
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pacific Quarry sits in Skagit 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.
Skagit County, Washington · Population 130,407
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$85,474
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 4,257 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,480 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,228 1 1 236.5
2025 Q3 3,896 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,376 1 1 228.5
2025 Q1 4,246 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,638 1 0 215.6
2024 Q3 4,545 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,166 1 0 240.0
2024 Q1 4,047 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,000 2 1 400.0
2023 Q3 5,298 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,144 1 1 194.4
2023 Q1 5,481 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,844 3 1 619.3
2022 Q3 5,716 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,711 1 0 212.3
2022 Q1 3,713 6 1 1615.9
2021 Q4 4,796 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,767 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,744 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,601 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,172 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,317 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,474 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,252 4 1 940.7
2019 Q4 4,735 1 0 211.2
2019 Q3 4,655 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,531 3 0 662.1
2019 Q1 4,340 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,767 6 2 1258.7
2018 Q3 4,566 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,095 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,140 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,832 1 0 207.0
2017 Q3 4,510 1 0 221.7
2017 Q2 4,707 1 1 212.4
2017 Q1 4,461 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,786 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,805 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,828 1 0 207.1
2016 Q1 4,631 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,861 1 0 205.7
2015 Q3 4,765 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,993 3 0 600.8
2015 Q1 4,602 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,038 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,262 3 0 703.9
2014 Q2 4,395 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,480 2 1 446.4
2013 Q3 4,222 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,397 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,574 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,324 3 0 693.8
2012 Q3 4,048 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,011 2 1 498.6
2012 Q1 2,930 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,902 2 0 689.2
2011 Q3 4,693 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,201 1 0 238.0
2011 Q1 2,963 1 0 337.5
2010 Q4 4,312 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,913 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,046 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,781 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,226 17 5 4022.7
2009 Q3 3,876 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,379 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,607 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,199 1 0 238.2
2008 Q3 3,552 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,436 2 0 310.8
2008 Q1 6,895 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,559 1 0 152.5
2007 Q3 6,396 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,763 1 0 128.8
2007 Q1 8,058 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,170 2 0 244.8
2006 Q3 6,951 1 0 143.9
2006 Q2 8,255 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,410 1 1 106.3
2005 Q4 8,585 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,223 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,719 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,592 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 9,613 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 9,042 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,398 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 8,020 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,588 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,607 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,189 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 8,492 1 0 117.8
2002 Q4 8,603 8 1 929.9
2002 Q3 9,121 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,532 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9,490 3 0 316.1
2001 Q4 9,641 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,566 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 9,399 1 1 106.4
2000 Q4 9,356 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,306 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,180 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 8,874 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2024 · 1 incident

September 12, 2024 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE injured hand while removing guard.

2018 · 1 incident

July 26, 2018 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Materials · Fall from machine

Employee operating a loader parked on uneven surface. While dismounting the piece of equipment, the employee stumbled and fell. In an attempt to brace the fall, the employee injured EE's left wrist.

2016 · 1 incident

March 3, 2016 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was lifting changing screens and heard a pop in right elbow. Was issued a brace on 3/7/16 making it reportable.

2008 · 1 incident

April 1, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Aggregates Company LP · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was prying a 8 to 10 inch rock from a plugged chute. As the rock broke free, the bar moved and pinched left ring finger between bar and motor mount. No stiches were required but occupational therapy will be required to sustain movement and feeling in finger.

2007 · 1 incident

September 11, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Meridian Aggregates Company LP · Struck against a moving object

Beginning on or about 9/11/07 we had a job loading 20,000 tons of a 2 x 8 inch rock. EE said the motion of his loader while loading that material made his upper back begin to hurt. He spoke of a "whip" as the bucket came back against the stops and having to stretch to operate the scale

2006 · 1 incident

March 15, 2006 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Meridian Aggregates Company LP · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a wheel loader loading pit trucks on 3-15-06, when he felt a small pain in his back on the left side. He continued to work and didn't report anything until the morning of 3-22-06.

2005 · 1 incident

August 29, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management OTHER
Meridian Aggregates Company LP · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES NOTICED PLANT MANAGER WAS VOMITING. THEY MONITORED HIS CONDITION. HE ASSURED THEM HE WAS FINE & DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THE "CLASSIC" SYMPTOMS OF A HEART ATTACK. HE WAS LATER OBSERVED SLUMPED OVER HIS DESK & AN EE CAUGHT HIM & LOWERED HIM TO THE FLOOR. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WERE CALLED & HIS CONDITION WAS MONITORED UNTIL THEY ARRIVED. DEATH OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 3:45 PM

2000 · 1 incident

January 31, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Aggregates Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STACKING POWDER BOXES IN TRUCK, GRABBED A BOX, TWISTED TO PUT IT DOWN, WRENCHED BACK.

1998 · 2 incidents

December 10, 1998 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DROPPED HAMMER ONTO GROUND HITTING A PIECE OF PIPE, PIPE BOUNCED UP HITTING HIM ABOVE THE EYE BROW.

September 18, 1998 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Meridian Aggregates Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE DIED OF A MASSAIVE HEART ATTACK WHILE HELPING LOAD A SHOT.

1995 · 1 incident

June 3, 1995 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck by flying object

GRINDING STEEL SHEET WITH SAFETY GLASSES IN PLACE AND A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL GOT IN LEFT EYE.

1992 · 1 incident

February 28, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Aggregates Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STTAINED ARM LIFTING STEEL DID NOT HEAL PULLED LIGAMENT.

1991 · 1 incident

September 5, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING SKIRT RUBBER FOR A CONVEYOR BELT AND USING A UTILITY KNIFE AND HE SLIPPED.

1990 · 1 incident

February 9, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING BED OFF 769A CAT TRUCK CRANE OPERATOR SWUNG BED & I NAME (OUR MECH) WAS STEADING IT TO KEEP IT FROM HITTING THE CRANE WHEN THE CRANE OPERATOR MADE A MOVE THAT CAUSED THE BED TO SWING AG AINST I NAME HOLD & FORCED WEIGHT TO SHIFT I NAME POSITION & MAKE HIS BACK HURT

1989 · 1 incident

March 1, 1989 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meridian Aggregates Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL STATED TOI ME THAT AS HE CAME BACK TO CONTROL TOWER HE SLIPPED ON SNOW & FELL ON LEFT HIP & LEFT ELBOW.

1988 · 2 incidents

June 6, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck against a moving object

I,NAME WAS OPERATIN THE PIT LOADER LOADING SHOT ROCK WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS NECK, SHO3 THAT HE DID NOT PUT ON HIS JOB APP.

February 18, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck by falling object

LOADING LARGE SHEET METAL INTO LADER BUCKET WHEN METAL SLIPPED FROM BUCKET DROPPING DOWN ON THE LEFT LEG CAUSING A 1 1/2 IN CUT TTHE LEFT LEG

1987 · 1 incident

August 7, 1987 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pacific Quarries Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

SORTING BY HAND21 MAN ROCK.ROCK ROLLED ONTO RIGHT HAND,BRUISING HAND.

1984 · 1 incident

July 6, 1984 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pacific Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

EE STATED THAT HE WENT OT JUMP OFF CONVEYOR, SLIPPED & FELL INJURING BACK & NECK. WENT SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE REPORTING TO ME. SAID PAIN BECAME WORSE & TOLD HIM TO SEE A DOCTOR.