Mining Incidents

Sea Island Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Sea Island Corp · Surface
Controlled by Rockwell B Arnt
Eastsound, San Juan County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503250

Sea Island Quarry has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $835 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2006–2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
96
citations
19
significant & substantial
$16,191
proposed penalties
$14,215
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,976 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
61
inspections on record
985
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: 985 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sea Island Quarry has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $835 outstanding across 4 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$835
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-27.
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 3,780 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,016 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,136 6 1 1450.7
2025 Q1 2,623 6 0 2287.5
2024 Q4 2,447 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,022 2 0 497.3
2024 Q2 4,464 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,772 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,434 3 1 1232.5
2023 Q3 1,824 2 1 1096.5
2023 Q2 2,166 1 0 461.7
2023 Q1 2,255 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,348 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,235 7 3 3132.0
2022 Q2 2,916 1 0 342.9
2022 Q1 2,329 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,444 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,381 2 0 840.0
2021 Q2 2,305 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,524 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,598 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,378 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,453 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,274 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,353 2 0 850.0
2019 Q3 3,105 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,399 4 3 1667.4
2019 Q1 1,945 1 0 514.1
2018 Q4 2,478 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,599 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,282 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,286 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,054 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,896 1 0 345.3
2017 Q2 2,347 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,037 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 870 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,145 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,718 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,680 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,844 1 0 542.3
2015 Q3 1,635 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,994 3 0 1504.5
2015 Q1 1,808 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,353 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,305 4 0 1735.4
2014 Q2 2,268 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,954 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,967 2 1 1016.8
2013 Q3 2,385 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,272 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,851 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,109 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,700 5 0 2941.2
2012 Q2 1,817 1 0 550.4
2012 Q1 1,689 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,089 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,745 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,872 1 0 534.2
2011 Q1 1,348 1 0 741.8
2010 Q4 1,618 1 1 618.0
2010 Q3 1,961 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,445 4 1 2768.2
2010 Q1 1,341 1 1 745.7
2009 Q4 1,873 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,857 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,860 9 1 4838.7
2009 Q1 2,400 1 0 416.7
2008 Q4 2,270 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,369 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,868 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,343 1 0 426.8
2007 Q4 2,007 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,447 1 0 408.7
2007 Q2 2,064 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,248 1 0 444.8
2006 Q4 1,783 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,316 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,295 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,635 1 0 611.6
2005 Q4 2,749 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,141 2 0 1752.8
2005 Q2 949 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,039 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 924 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 988 3 1 3036.4
2004 Q2 1,122 1 0 891.3
2004 Q1 1,230 6 2 4878.0
2003 Q4 1,587 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,001 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,356 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,082 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,396 3 1 2149.0
2002 Q3 1,111 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,490 1 0 671.1
2002 Q1 974 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,241 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,066 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,233 2 1 1622.1
2001 Q1 1,010 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,384 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 849 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,015 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

August 25, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sea Island Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was carrying chain binders across shot rock in quarry, tripped and fell down. Employee substained a bruise to his left foot, 3rd toe.

March 31, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Sea Island Corp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Checking over excavator before starting work shift - felt pain in lower back.

2007 · 1 incident

November 21, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sea Island Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Overstressed back packing and handling blasting powder

2006 · 1 incident

November 15, 2006 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sea Island Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was getting off of Hitachi 310 Excavator and slipped on a muddy track.

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The full compliance file on Sea Island Quarry

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.