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Penny Creek Rock Products Metal/Non-Metal

JJC Resources, LLC · Surface
Quilcene, Jefferson County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503356

Penny Creek Rock Products has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2001–2011
Latest incident
Oct 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
187
citations
53
significant & substantial
$50,142
proposed penalties
$39,196
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,946 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
1,357
inspection hours
13.8
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.
187 citations across 1,357 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penny Creek Rock Products has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$50K
proposed penalties
$44K
current assessed
$39K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
177 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 576 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 904 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,107 3 0 2710.0
2025 Q1 944 2 0 2118.6
2024 Q4 692 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,601 2 0 1249.2
2024 Q2 1,274 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 682 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 839 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,761 1 0 567.9
2023 Q2 1,148 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 644 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,281 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,978 10 4 5055.6
2021 Q3 2,190 3 1 1369.9
2021 Q2 1,863 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,766 5 0 2831.3
2020 Q4 1,686 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,187 4 0 1829.0
2020 Q2 1,488 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,352 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,935 10 5 5168.0
2019 Q3 3,260 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,767 7 3 2529.8
2019 Q1 2,680 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,001 7 4 3498.3
2018 Q3 2,183 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,470 3 2 1214.6
2018 Q1 2,585 6 0 2321.1
2017 Q4 1,922 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,226 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,732 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,307 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,252 4 0 1776.2
2016 Q3 2,320 5 3 2155.2
2016 Q2 2,003 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,780 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,930 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,750 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,974 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,090 3 0 1435.4
2014 Q4 1,180 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,288 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,231 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,920 1 0 342.5
2013 Q3 2,353 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,937 7 0 2383.4
2013 Q1 997 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,035 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,062 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,987 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,487 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,916 6 3 2057.6
2011 Q3 2,175 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,901 2 1 1052.1
2011 Q1 1,630 4 1 2454.0
2010 Q4 1,696 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,450 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,811 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,877 3 1 1598.3
2009 Q4 1,709 3 0 1755.4
2009 Q3 1,774 8 2 4509.6
2009 Q2 2,038 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,146 3 3 1397.9
2008 Q4 2,237 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,471 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,268 2 0 612.0
2008 Q1 3,450 2 1 579.7
2007 Q4 3,164 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,423 5 0 1460.7
2007 Q2 2,750 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,942 3 2 761.0
2006 Q4 3,645 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 883 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,763 1 0 361.9
2006 Q1 2,975 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,513 1 0 397.9
2005 Q3 1,912 2 0 1046.0
2005 Q2 2,543 7 4 2752.7
2005 Q1 2,258 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,868 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,044 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,324 4 1 1721.2
2004 Q1 2,241 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,162 3 0 1387.6
2003 Q3 2,553 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,414 6 1 2485.5
2003 Q1 2,307 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,317 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,949 1 0 513.1
2002 Q1 1,658 2 1 1206.3
2001 Q4 1,632 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,753 2 0 1140.9
2001 Q2 1,571 5 0 3182.7
2001 Q1 1,617 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,599 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,799 21 9 11673.2
2000 Q2 1,770 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,672 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2011 · 1 incident

October 18, 2011 WA · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Penny Creek Quarry LLC · Accident type, without injuries

At about 9:30 AM an employee started a fire in the Earth Stove in the shop. The stove pipe was defective and subsequently started an un-contained fire at the back of the shop. The incident was reported to MSHA in a timely manner. The maintenance shop was a total loss. There were no rules violated, no mining equipment involved, no related job skills and did not involve PPE.

2005 · 3 incidents

April 11, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
Penny Creek Quarry · Struck against a moving object

The main cause of the accident was failure of rear brakes on the haul truck. This was the first trip with this haul truck bringing a load down the hill.

April 11, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
Penny Creek Quarry · Struck against a moving object

The brakes failed causing us to wreck. EE had contusion to head, broken, torn spleen, broken ribs.

March 25, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Penny Creek Quarry · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS MOVING A LARGE ROCK WITH A BAR, THE ROCK MOVED AND BAR CAME BACK AND HIT EE IN HEAD

2003 · 2 incidents

July 9, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Penny Creek Quarry · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS REPAIRING CRUSHING EQUIPMENT USING AIR GUN & HIT HIMSELF IN THE BOUTH KNOCKING & BREAKING HIS TWO FRONT TOP TEETH.

April 22, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penny Creek Quarry · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPENED FRONT WINDOW OF KOMATSU TO OVERHEAD POSITION AND CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER IN LATCH MECHANISM.

2002 · 1 incident

August 14, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver STRIKING OR BUMPING
Penny Creek Quarry · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WALKED OUT OF A BUILDING & HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF SCAFFOLDING.

2001 · 1 incident

January 9, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penny Creek Quarry · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING METAL PARTS TO BE PLACED IN LOADER BUCKET TO BE TRANSFERED TO A DIFFERENT PART OF QUARRY. HE APPARENTLY LIFTED OR TWISTED WHILE LIFTING.

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