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: 375 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 #4 Crusher has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-10-17.
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.
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.
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: 2003-08-14, 23 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-08-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
5.68
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-08-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.14
0.24
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.57
1.7
0.34
Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-08-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
1.06
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
0.62
0.76
Truck Driver
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
2014
1
2013
1
2012
1
2011
1
2010
0
2009
1
2008
4
2007
3
2006
3
2005
3
2004
4
2003
3
2002
3
2001
4
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Plant #4 Crusher sits in Mason County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Mason County, Washington · Population 66,968
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$78,359
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
2014 Q3
7
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q4
11
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
13
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
18
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
8
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
6
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2
10
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
27
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
241
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
552
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
7
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
105
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
100
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
2,204
1
0
453.7
2008 Q3
3,852
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,829
1
1
546.7
2008 Q1
915
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,364
4
2
2932.6
2007 Q3
1,779
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
735
2
0
2721.1
2007 Q1
58
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
758
4
1
5277.0
2006 Q3
701
2
0
2853.1
2006 Q2
971
3
0
3089.6
2006 Q1
632
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
952
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,248
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
750
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
431
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,417
1
1
705.7
2004 Q3
936
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,753
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
740
2
0
2702.7
2003 Q4
1,173
11
3
9377.7
2003 Q3
735
9
4
12244.9
2003 Q2
961
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
209
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,431
2
0
822.7
2002 Q3
1,536
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,143
4
0
3499.6
2002 Q1
641
7
2
10920.4
2001 Q4
468
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
989
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,588
7
5
4408.1
2001 Q1
1,461
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,619
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,548
4
2
2584.0
2000 Q2
2,143
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,654
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
1998 · 2 incidents
August 25, 1998WA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON