Mining Incidents

PLANT B Metal/Non-Metal

Rock Services Inc · Surface
Controlled by Gordon Pogorelc
Chehalis, Thurston County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503648

PLANT B has $13K 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
2
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Jul 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
56
citations
11
significant & substantial
$13,251
proposed penalties
$13,161
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $90 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
33
inspections on record
371
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: 371 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 B has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-14.
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 484 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 743 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 607 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 415 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 631 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 2 0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 782 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 692 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 987 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 854 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 635 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 920 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,165 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,592 1 0 628.1
2021 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 803 1 0 1245.3
2021 Q2 707 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,322 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 799 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 454 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 669 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 717 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 506 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 761 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 889 3 0 3374.6
2019 Q1 875 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 819 3 0 3663.0
2018 Q3 691 13 5 18813.3
2018 Q2 947 1 0 1056.0
2018 Q1 991 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 947 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,193 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,163 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 675 12 3 17777.8
2016 Q4 583 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 375 1 0 2666.7
2016 Q2 469 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,004 2 0 1992.0
2015 Q4 966 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,212 1 0 825.1
2015 Q2 1,001 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,359 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,514 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,484 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,457 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 643 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 832 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,016 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 711 1 0 1406.5
2013 Q1 547 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 932 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,441 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,422 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 860 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 921 6 1 6514.7
2011 Q3 1,259 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 615 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,092 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,376 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 464 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 414 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 647 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 920 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,339 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,120 1 0 892.9
2008 Q4 551 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,375 8 2 5818.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

July 4, 2013 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rock Services Inc · Struck against stationary object

Pickup truck rolled toward employee. Employee moved out of the way and broke various bones.

July 4, 2013 WA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Rock Services Inc · Struck by powered moving object

Pickup truck rolled toward employee. Employee moved out of the way, fell, pickup tire rolled over ankle, spraining ankle.

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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.