Plant C has $91K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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
127
citations
33
significant & substantial
$90,935
proposed penalties
$76,224
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,711 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
37
inspections on record
600
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: 600 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 C has $91K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$91K
proposed penalties
$78K
current assessed
$76K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
119 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-12.
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
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
2024 Q2
2,387
7
0
2932.6
2024 Q1
2,378
4
1
1682.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
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
16
5
13468.0
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
9
8
6232.7
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
15
5
13392.9
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
11
3
4801.4
2015 Q3
2,359
21
5
8902.1
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, 2026WA · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerMACHINERY
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, 2015WA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
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.
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