Mining Incidents

S&W WASH PLANT & CRUSHER Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Alvin W Starkenburg
Bellingham, Whatcom County, WA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4503311

S&W WASH PLANT & CRUSHER has $7K 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 2000
60
citations
7
significant & substantial
$6,900
proposed penalties
$6,900
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
30
inspections on record
446
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: 446 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

S&W WASH PLANT & CRUSHER has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 107 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 166 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 190 2 0 10526.3
2019 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 255 2 0 7843.1
2018 Q3 447 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 474 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 352 7 0 19886.4
2017 Q4 371 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 464 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 582 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 415 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 502 11 4 21912.4
2016 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 136 2 0 14705.9
2009 Q4 590 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 588 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 505 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 481 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 447 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 549 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 530 1 1 1886.8
2008 Q1 533 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 463 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 548 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 563 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 514 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 566 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 622 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 618 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 615 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 599 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 490 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 564 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 628 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 551 1 0 1814.9
2004 Q1 573 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 531 1 0 1883.2
2003 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 334 1 0 2994.0
2003 Q1 445 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 256 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 265 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 283 3 1 10600.7
2002 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 186 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 623 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 274 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 218 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 398 29 1 72864.3
2000 Q2 59 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 90 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.

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