Mining Incidents

Rock Quarry: 68 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Gardner Trucking · Surface
Controlled by Garry R Gardner
Toutle, Cowlitz County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503582

Rock Quarry has $13K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
68
citations
15
significant & substantial
$12,628
proposed penalties
$12,628
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
43
inspections on record
621
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: 621 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rock Quarry has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-16.
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.
22.1%
significant & substantial
8.8%
high negligence or reckless
22.1%
reasonably likely or greater
52.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 79.4% moderate, 8.8% 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: 2026-06-10
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-01-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-10-13 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. Gardner Trucking 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 3
2018 3
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rock Quarry sits in Cowlitz 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.
Cowlitz County, Washington · Population 111,539
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,932
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 675 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 497 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 544 1 0 1838.2
2025 Q2 571 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 494 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 433 2 1 4618.9
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 677 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 479 1 0 2087.7
2023 Q4 510 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 718 8 1 11142.1
2023 Q2 630 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 540 3 1 5555.6
2022 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 710 2 1 2816.9
2022 Q2 651 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 584 3 1 5137.0
2021 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 740 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 803 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 774 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 765 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 674 1 0 1483.7
2020 Q2 787 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 615 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 959 2 0 2085.5
2019 Q3 996 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,012 10 3 9881.4
2019 Q1 1,055 1 0 947.9
2018 Q4 1,051 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,136 1 0 880.3
2018 Q2 828 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 799 6 0 7509.4
2017 Q4 641 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 841 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 729 3 0 4115.2
2017 Q1 533 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 425 1 0 2352.9
2016 Q3 363 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 502 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 519 1 0 1926.8
2015 Q4 361 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 449 1 0 2227.2
2015 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 427 4 1 9367.7
2014 Q4 335 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 345 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 408 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 427 5 3 11709.6
2013 Q4 415 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 419 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 507 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 427 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 408 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 520 3 1 5769.2
2012 Q1 550 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 352 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 355 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 464 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 484 2 1 4132.2
2010 Q4 414 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 482 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 432 1 0 2314.8
2010 Q1 279 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 580 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 331 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 386 1 0 2590.7
2008 Q4 690 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 740 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 475 4 1 8421.1
2008 Q1 648 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 732 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 664 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 675 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 570 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 480 1 0 2083.3
2006 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 543 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 478 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 591 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.