Mining Incidents

Plant #4 Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard N Christopherson
Belfair, Mason County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4500562

Plant #4 Crusher has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1997–1998
Latest incident
Aug 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
64
citations
21
significant & substantial
$14,329
proposed penalties
$14,188
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $141 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
375
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: 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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-10-17.
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
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
Show 49 earlier quarters
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, 1998 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ace Paving Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER AFTER SLIPPING ON LOADER TIRE AND GRABBED RAILING

June 16, 1998 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Paving Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAND SHOVELING AND USING RIGHT HAND WHEN PAIN STARTED IN RIGHT ARM.

1997 · 1 incident

November 3, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Paving Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED LOWER BACK WHILE PULLING PARTS FROM ODD BODY ANGLE. PRE EXISTING INJURY.

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The full compliance file on Plant #4 Crusher

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.