Mining Incidents

PIT #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mark John Dulin
Centralia, Lewis County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4501429

PIT #1 has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989–2010
Latest incident
Nov 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
140
citations
34
significant & substantial
$40,726
proposed penalties
$32,741
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,985 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
45
inspections on record
780
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: 780 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PIT #1 has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
140 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-03-16.
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
2016 Q3 2,563 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,328 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,803 2 2 1109.3
2015 Q4 2,217 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,344 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,471 2 0 809.4
2015 Q1 2,732 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,392 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 2,538 1 0 394.0
2014 Q2 2,191 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,929 5 0 2592.0
2013 Q4 2,085 3 2 1438.8
2013 Q3 2,104 4 0 1901.1
2013 Q2 2,425 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,250 7 3 3111.1
2012 Q4 2,266 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,162 3 0 1387.6
2012 Q2 2,332 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,849 3 0 1622.5
2011 Q4 2,097 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,413 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,129 4 1 1878.8
2011 Q1 2,111 4 3 1894.8
2010 Q4 2,307 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,435 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,349 9 0 3831.4
2010 Q1 1,715 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,661 3 1 1127.4
2009 Q3 2,617 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,736 8 2 2924.0
2009 Q1 2,530 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,518 3 1 1191.4
2008 Q3 3,364 4 1 1189.1
2008 Q2 3,072 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,104 6 1 2851.7
2007 Q4 2,122 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,538 3 2 1950.6
2007 Q2 2,970 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,149 4 0 1861.3
2006 Q4 2,785 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,074 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,581 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,214 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,215 3 0 1354.4
2005 Q3 2,041 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,967 2 1 1016.8
2005 Q1 1,922 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,182 4 0 3384.1
2004 Q3 1,196 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,257 4 2 1772.3
2004 Q1 1,421 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,541 9 2 3541.9
2003 Q3 1,889 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,552 3 0 1175.5
2003 Q1 1,923 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,804 11 2 6097.6
2002 Q3 1,822 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,034 3 0 1474.9
2002 Q1 2,322 7 0 3014.6
2001 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 877 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,908 16 8 8385.7
2001 Q1 2,143 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,406 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,268 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,943 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,561 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2010 · 1 incident

November 4, 2010 WA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman ELECTRICAL
Dulin Construction Inc · Contact with electrical current

Accumulated mouse droppings in an electric cabinet caused an explosion when the operator was shutting down the compressor. Burns to his right hand.

1991 · 1 incident

February 4, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Dulin Construction Inc · Struck by flying object

LOOSE CABLE CAME OUT OF A SHOVEL DRAGLINE, SLIPPED AROUND AND STRUCK HIM IN THE EYEBROW.

1989 · 2 incidents

May 19, 1989 WA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Dulin Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

METRAL FLAKE CAME OFF PC OF LINE CABLE

May 15, 1989 WA · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter MACHINERY
Dulin Construction Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS WELDING AND BURNING AND GOT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN EYE.

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The full compliance file on PIT #1

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.