Mining Incidents

Portable Crusing Plant #1: 46 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Quigg Brothers Inc · Surface
Controlled by John Quigg; Neil Quigg
MCCLEARY, Grays Harbor County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503306

Portable Crusing Plant #1 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1997–2006
Latest incident
Dec 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
46
citations
11
significant & substantial
$5,558
proposed penalties
$5,558
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
29
inspections on record
391
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: 391 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 Crusing Plant #1 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-25.
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.
23.9%
significant & substantial
6.5%
high negligence or reckless
23.9%
reasonably likely or greater
43.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.7% low, 71.7% moderate, 6.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2019-05-09, 7 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-02-23 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. Port Blakely Tree Farms 1993 to 1995
  2. Vessey & Sons 1995 to 2000
  3. Quigg Brothers Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 1
2020 1
2019 6
2018 7
2017 11
2016 11
2015 8
2014 3
2013 3
2012 4
2011 10
2010 7
2009 11
2008 5
2007 4
2006 4
2004 1
2003 5
2002 8
2001 6
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusing Plant #1 sits in Grays Harbor County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Grays Harbor County, Washington · Population 76,397
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$63,539
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
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 135 1 0 7407.4
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 285 1 0 3508.8
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 216 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,070 4 0 1932.4
2019 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 292 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,089 2 0 1836.5
2018 Q2 1,013 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 537 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,490 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,422 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,304 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 354 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,117 10 4 4723.7
2016 Q3 497 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 529 3 0 5671.1
2016 Q1 521 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 99 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 197 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 346 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 166 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 29 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 71 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 11 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 62 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 122 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 125 3 1 24000.0
2012 Q1 88 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,403 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 673 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 890 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 952 2 1 2100.8
2010 Q3 618 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,173 1 1 852.5
2009 Q4 718 1 0 1392.8
2009 Q3 1,115 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 608 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 751 2 0 2663.1
2008 Q4 756 2 0 2645.5
2008 Q3 310 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 319 1 1 3134.8
2008 Q1 918 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,319 3 0 2274.5
2007 Q3 338 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,639 2 1 757.9
2007 Q1 1,737 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 510 4 1 7843.1
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 97 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 372 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,066 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 348 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,468 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 370 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 723 4 1 5532.5
2001 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 17 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 305 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 617 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 1 incident

December 20, 2006 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quigg Brothers Inc · Struck by falling object

Excavator was cleaning out around tail roll on product belt, striking ground wire with bucket. EE tried to signal the operator that the wire was hooked. He tripped and fell as the wire came tight and pulled over the control box, which is fastened to a stand, striking EE and injuring his ankle and foot. The control box and stand weight approximately 80 lbs.

1997 · 1 incident

January 15, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vessey & Sons · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PLACING ROCK HIS HAND SLIPPED AND SMASHED BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.