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PLANT B: 57 MSHA citations 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
57
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.
See Rock Services Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
34
inspections on record
379
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: 379 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.
Of $768 in penalties contested before the Commission, $678 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-14.
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.
19.3%
significant & substantial
35.1%
high negligence or reckless
19.3%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 3.5% none, 7.0% low, 54.4% moderate, 35.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
12%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$768 proposed, $678 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2018-08-29.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2017-0495 Settlement Miller 2017 $560 → $560
WEST 2018-0534 Settlement Miller 2018 $208 → $118
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2024-12-18
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2017-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Ownership history
  1. Rock Services Inc 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 2
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 4
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT B sits in Thurston 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.
Thurston County, Washington · Population 296,640
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$93,985
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
2026 Q2 709 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 564 0 0 0.0
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
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 631 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 2 0
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 8 3 11851.9
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.