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: 684 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Plant #2 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6 outstanding across 0 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$6
outstanding
100 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2026-05-07
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-05-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-07-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-07-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.69
0.25
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-04-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Welder, etc.
2017-04-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.92
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-01-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
1
0.29
Screen/Scalper Operator
2015-01-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.94
0.21
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
6
2024
6
2023
5
2022
5
2021
4
2020
5
2019
5
2018
6
2017
7
2016
6
2015
6
2014
6
2013
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Plant #2 sits in Kitsap 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.
Kitsap County, Washington · Population 276,581
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$98,546
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
Private contractor dumping dirt on our dumpsite broke down, requiring to be pulled out to a safe location to work on truck. Chain broke and hit windshield shattering glass on truck Driver Causing minor cuts/scratches to Right ear and right cheek. No other injuries. Injury not requiring medical attention.
EE was found slumped over EE's steering wheel. Another EE was first to find EE and called 911. Another EE showed up and they checked for pulse then removed EE from the truck, then the ambulance arrived. The paramedics could not revive EE and told us that it was cardiac arrest in which EE died.
2015 · 1 incident
April 17, 2015WA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Rock bounced off vibrating screen deck at crushing plant, striking employee on top of hardhat. Head was lacerated at crossing of hardhat suspension. Employee received staples on top of his head and was advised to beware of concussion symptoms.