Mining Incidents

Schouweiler Pit: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Northwest Rock Inc · Surface
Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503557

Schouweiler Pit has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Dec 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
19
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,508
proposed penalties
$1,508
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
16
inspections on record
185
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: 185 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Schouweiler Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-04-16.
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.
15.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
15.8%
reasonably likely or greater
57.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.1% low, 78.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Northwest Rock Inc 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 1
2024 2
2023 1
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 0
2012 0
2011 0
2010 1
2009 1
2008 2
2007 4
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Schouweiler Pit 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
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 331 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 209 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 767 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,443 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 470 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 74 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 1,409 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 37 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q1 354 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 166 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 119 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 276 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 525 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 388 3 0 7732.0
2009 Q1 232 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 437 1 1 2288.3
2008 Q3 663 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 188 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 308 2 0 6493.5
2007 Q4 412 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 597 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,297 5 0 2176.8
2006 Q4 676 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 971 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,002 1 0 998.0
2006 Q1 872 5 1 5733.9
2005 Q4 807 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 561 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 412 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 328 2 1 6097.6
2004 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 262 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 953 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 655 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

December 14, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Northwest Rock Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPETITIVE MOTION AND VIBRATION OPERATING DRAGLINE. RIGHT ULNAR NEUROPATHY.