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Plant C: 134 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rock Services Inc · Surface
Controlled by Gordon Pogorelc
Centralia, Lewis County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503543

Plant C has $92K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2015–2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
134
citations
33
significant & substantial
$92,496
proposed penalties
$76,224
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,272 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rock Services Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
37
inspections on record
640
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: 640 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-04-02.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Plant C has $92K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 7 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.
$92K
proposed penalties
$79K
current assessed
$76K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
119 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $40K in penalties contested before the Commission, $27K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-08.
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.
25.6%
significant & substantial
33.3%
high negligence or reckless
25.6%
reasonably likely or greater
35.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.0% low, 59.7% moderate, 32.6% high, 0.8% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 71%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 14%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 14%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
34%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$38K proposed, $25K 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 2019-06-11.
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 2017-0378 Settlement Manning 2017 $23K → $12K
WEST 2017-0494 Default Lesnick 2017 $7K → $7K
WEST 2016-0354 Settlement Barbour 2016 $4K → $3K
WEST 2019-0358 Settlement Bulluck 2019 $2K → $2K
WEST 2004-276M Settlement Manning 2004 $2K → $2K
WEST 2019-0357 Settlement Miller 2019 $527 → $421
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: 2025-07-16
75%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz43 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-07-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.2 1.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.11 1.03 1.08 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.18 1.11 Backhoe Operator
2025-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2019-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2019-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Churn
2015-08-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.22 0.20 Truck Driver
2015-08-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Churn
2015-08-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 5
2024 5
2023 6
2022 5
2021 6
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 4
2006 0
2005 1
2004 1
2003 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant C sits in Lewis County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Lewis County, Washington · Population 83,925
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$69,690
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 2,364 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,908 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,741 2 0 1148.8
2025 Q3 1,446 5 1 3457.8
2025 Q2 2,242 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,860 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,736 2 0 1152.1
2024 Q3 1,738 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,387 7 0 2932.6
2024 Q1 2,378 4 1 1682.1
2023 Q4 2,381 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,611 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,398 2 0 834.0
2023 Q1 2,164 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,723 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,058 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,538 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,344 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,699 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,316 8 1 2412.5
2021 Q2 3,354 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,698 2 0 1177.9
2020 Q4 2,033 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 870 3 0 3448.3
2020 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 362 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 230 1 0 4347.8
2019 Q3 894 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,188 11 3 9259.3
2019 Q1 1,849 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,738 2 0 1150.7
2018 Q3 1,292 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,444 7 6 4847.6
2018 Q1 1,472 2 0 1358.7
2017 Q4 1,579 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,084 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,327 1 0 429.7
2017 Q1 1,468 1 1 681.2
2016 Q4 1,120 10 3 8928.6
2016 Q3 1,112 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,651 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,028 1 0 493.1
2015 Q4 2,291 5 1 2182.5
2015 Q3 2,359 13 5 5510.8
2015 Q2 1,812 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,359 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,712 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 80 3 0 37500.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 40 1 0 25000.0
2003 Q4 196 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 68 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 199 5 3 25125.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2026 · 1 incident

March 21, 2026 WA · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker MACHINERY
Rock Services Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Cone feeder was stopped due to rocks in the belt/tail drum. The guard was pulled to clean the area. Employee reached in to possibly brush out more rocks, their arm and hand were pulled into the machine and wedged between the belt/tail drum. Their arm rolled with the belt and was pushed out by the machine. Their hand had lacerations on it.

2015 · 1 incident

March 5, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Rock Services Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using an air impact gun pressed up on a bolt with the palm of his hand, bolt spun and cut his hand. He went to the doctors later that night and received stiches.