Mining Incidents

PLANT A Metal/Non-Metal

Rock Services Inc · Surface
Controlled by Gordon Pogorelc
Castle Rock, Cowlitz County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503358

PLANT A has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2001–2015
Latest incident
Oct 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
109
citations
26
significant & substantial
$18,645
proposed penalties
$18,645
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
54
inspections on record
752
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: 752 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 A has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-12.
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
2025 Q4 612 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 743 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,007 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 558 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 337 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 727 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 768 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 430 3 0 6976.7
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 792 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 918 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,081 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 572 1 0 1748.3
2022 Q4 925 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,041 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 919 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 779 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 404 1 0 2475.2
2021 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 586 3 0 5119.5
2020 Q4 930 1 0 1075.3
2020 Q3 779 10 2 12837.0
2020 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 293 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 402 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 983 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 687 4 0 5822.4
2019 Q1 517 2 0 3868.5
2018 Q4 698 1 0 1432.7
2018 Q3 793 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 830 1 0 1204.8
2018 Q1 788 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 945 2 0 2116.4
2017 Q3 886 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,118 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,010 14 3 13861.4
2016 Q4 730 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 890 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,453 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,202 1 0 831.9
2015 Q4 980 3 3 3061.2
2015 Q3 1,163 1 0 859.8
2015 Q2 1,324 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,283 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,825 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,503 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,594 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 692 1 0 1445.1
2013 Q4 814 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 887 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,023 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 645 14 2 21705.4
2012 Q4 1,132 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,576 1 0 634.5
2012 Q2 1,475 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 812 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,161 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,921 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 701 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,308 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,527 5 2 3274.4
2010 Q2 1,118 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 886 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,034 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,252 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,977 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,348 12 6 8902.1
2008 Q4 1,884 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 955 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,716 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,276 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,182 3 2 1374.9
2007 Q3 2,223 1 0 449.8
2007 Q2 2,990 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,623 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,552 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,769 2 2 722.3
2006 Q2 2,878 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,074 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,939 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,587 8 2 3092.4
2005 Q2 2,340 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,855 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,025 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,855 2 0 1078.2
2004 Q2 1,328 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,790 3 0 1676.0
2003 Q4 2,333 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,682 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,187 1 0 457.2
2003 Q1 2,470 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,524 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,855 1 0 350.3
2002 Q2 1,985 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,282 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,134 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,653 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,092 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,232 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,757 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,359 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,080 1 0 324.7
2000 Q1 2,842 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 1 incident

October 8, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator MACHINERY
Rock Services Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While moving mobile equipment to a new location, the employee had lost his footing in a muddy and slippery area and fell and broke his lower leg upon impact.

2001 · 1 incident

November 30, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Services Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELT CONTAINED A LOT OF DIRT/MUD MUD WAS BUILDING UP ON RETURN ROLLERS CAUSING BELT TO TRACK OFFEE THOUGHT HE COULD SCRAP MUD OFF

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The full compliance file on PLANT A

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.