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Portable #2: 53 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John R Moerke
Chehalis, Lewis County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503556

Portable #2 has $10K 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
4
Years on record
2004–2018
Latest incident
Nov 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
53
citations
15
significant & substantial
$9,730
proposed penalties
$9,730
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Alderbrook Quarry Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
36
inspections on record
516
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: 516 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable #2 has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $652 in penalties contested before the Commission, $652 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-09-01.
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.
28.3%
significant & substantial
7.5%
high negligence or reckless
28.3%
reasonably likely or greater
41.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.9% low, 73.6% moderate, 7.5% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$652 proposed, $652 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 2017-05-21.
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 2017-0448 Settlement Manning 2017 $552 → $552
WEST 2013-1155M Settlement Manning 2014 $100 → $100
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: 2013-08-13, 13 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-08-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 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. Alderbrook Quarry Inc 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 0
2019 10
2018 11
2017 10
2016 15
2015 9
2014 7
2013 7
2012 7
2011 7
2010 7
2009 7
2008 7
2007 9
2006 5
2005 4
2004 4
2003 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable #2 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
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,883 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,445 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,091 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,815 1 0 355.2
2018 Q4 3,215 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,016 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2 3,215 5 3 1555.2
2018 Q1 2,958 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,511 3 1 1194.7
2017 Q3 2,309 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,569 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,582 4 0 2528.4
2016 Q4 2,129 11 4 5166.7
2016 Q3 1,753 3 0 1711.4
2016 Q2 3,119 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,117 1 1 472.4
2015 Q4 2,178 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,080 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,739 3 1 802.4
2015 Q1 3,513 2 0 569.3
2014 Q4 3,108 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,337 2 0 599.3
2014 Q2 3,354 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,226 1 1 449.2
2013 Q4 2,469 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,252 4 0 1230.0
2013 Q2 2,885 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,703 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,177 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,049 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,637 2 2 758.4
2012 Q1 2,042 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,696 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,273 3 1 1319.8
2011 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,894 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,188 1 0 313.7
2010 Q3 3,908 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,554 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,123 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,933 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,173 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,173 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,366 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,498 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,406 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,443 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,887 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,247 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,258 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,316 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,793 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,783 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,184 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,969 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,790 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,263 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,451 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,622 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,236 4 0 3236.2
2004 Q4 864 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,122 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,659 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 652 1 0 1533.7
2003 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2018 · 2 incidents

November 12, 2018 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alderbrook Quarry Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was shoveling a buildup of gravel underneath of a conveyor, ee hurt back when turning to dump shovelful.

October 9, 2018 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alderbrook Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Worker was moving a smaller rock in the jaw to access and remove an over-sized rock. Upon grasping the smaller rock, worker's footing slipped allowing the smaller rock to shift, pinching worker's fingertip between the smaller rock and jaw side wall.

2009 · 1 incident

June 5, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Alderbrook Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee had on safety glasses and a chip flew into his eye. He was grinding something.

2004 · 1 incident

July 27, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alderbrook Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

EE CLIMBED OVER HANDRAIL ON CRUSHER. HE SLIPPED, STUMBLED, THEN JUMPED, LANDING ON RIGHT ARM. RESULTED IN ELBOW FRACTURE.