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Portable Unit No 2: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James Hutchinson
Easton, Kittitas County, WA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4503183

Portable Unit No 2 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
9
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,214
proposed penalties
$1,063
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Ellensburg Cement Products Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
14
inspections on record
163
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: 163 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 Unit No 2 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-23.
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.
22.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
22.2%
reasonably likely or greater
44.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 44.4% low, 55.6% moderate, 0.0% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Still open 2 · 100%
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 2025-12-18.
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 2026-0040 Decision pending
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: 2025-08-27
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-08-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.96 0.23 Screen/Scalper Operator
2016-06-09 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. Ellensburg Cement Products Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 2
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Unit No 2 sits in Kittitas 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.
Kittitas County, Washington · Population 44,736
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,928
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 0 1 0
2026 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 361 3 1 8310.2
2025 Q2 485 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 388 1 0 2577.3
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 482 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 570 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 717 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 558 1 0 1792.1
2022 Q2 106 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 159 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 613 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 245 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 195 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 327 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 590 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 281 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 811 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 673 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 349 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,157 1 0 864.3
2017 Q2 249 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,149 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,123 1 0 890.5
2016 Q1 185 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 868 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 723 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 507 1 1 1972.4
2014 Q2 253 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 1 incident

September 15, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ellensburg Cement Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE HAD JUST ARRIVED AT THE CRUSHING SITE AND WAS OPENING THE GATE WHEN THE GATE SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP. THE GATE SLAMMED SHUT, SMASHING THE TIP OF THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION WITH TISSUE LOSS.

1988 · 1 incident

November 9, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Ellensburg Cement Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND GOT SOME METAL IN HIS EYE.