Mining Incidents

Reiter Pit: 74 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Scarsella Brothers Inc · Surface
Gold Bar, Snohomish County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503442

Reiter Pit has $6K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
74
citations
4
significant & substantial
$6,432
proposed penalties
$6,432
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
36
inspections on record
505
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: 505 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Reiter Pit has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $328 in penalties contested before the Commission, $228 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-03-14.
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.
5.4%
significant & substantial
4.1%
high negligence or reckless
5.4%
reasonably likely or greater
51.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.5% low, 82.4% moderate, 4.1% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 33%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$328 proposed, $228 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 2016-12-15.
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 2017-0150 Settlement Manning 2017 $228 → $228
WEST 2013-155M Withdrawal Manning 2013 $100 → $0
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: 2017-01-19, 9 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
2017-01-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-06-11 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. Scarsella Brothers Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 1
2017 2
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Reiter Pit sits in Snohomish County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Snohomish County, Washington · Population 834,648
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$107,982
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
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 113 1 0 8849.6
2017 Q4 536 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 152 0 0 0.0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 95 5 0 52631.6
2016 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 2 0
2016 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 152 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 419 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 490 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 168 4 0 23809.5
2014 Q2 474 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 1 0
2013 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 575 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 80 3 0 37500.0
2012 Q4 314 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 702 5 0 7122.5
2012 Q2 242 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 756 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,659 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 387 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 536 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 871 2 0 2296.2
2010 Q1 263 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 714 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,425 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 905 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 709 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,100 5 0 4545.5
2008 Q3 1,054 1 0 948.8
2008 Q2 561 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 860 1 0 1162.8
2007 Q4 872 5 0 5733.9
2007 Q3 1,213 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,093 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 929 9 1 9687.8
2006 Q4 1,103 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,577 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,124 7 3 6227.8
2006 Q1 1,130 2 0 1769.9
2005 Q4 1,874 1 0 533.6
2005 Q3 1,408 2 0 1420.5
2005 Q2 1,070 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,249 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,088 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,244 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 904 3 0 3318.6
2004 Q1 950 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,546 7 0 4527.8
2003 Q3 1,412 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,024 1 0 976.6
2003 Q1 664 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 896 3 0 3348.2
2002 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,117 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,144 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.