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Serenity Mine: 73 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Washougal Basalt Rock Quarry LLC · Surface
Controlled by Annmarie Scholes
Washougal, Clark County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503513

Serenity Mine has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Aug 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
73
citations
27
significant & substantial
$19,515
proposed penalties
$19,515
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
37
inspections on record
556
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: 556 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Serenity Mine has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-01.
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.
37.5%
significant & substantial
9.7%
high negligence or reckless
37.5%
reasonably likely or greater
44.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.7% low, 80.6% moderate, 9.7% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$228 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 2005-10-27.
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 2004-400M Settlement Feldman 2004 $2K → $2K
WEST 2004-456M Settlement Feldman 2004 $475 → $475
WEST 2006-105M Default Lesnick 2006 $228 → $228
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: 2016-08-16, 10 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz31 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.2 1.05 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-08-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.46 Cutting Mach Helper
2016-08-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 Cutting Mach Operator
2014-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2014-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2005-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 2.23 0.13 Cutting Mach Operator
2005-07-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Cutting Mach Helper
2002-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 2.81 0.20 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. A & B Rock Distributors LLC 2002 to 2014
  2. Washougal Basalt Rock Quarry LLC 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 7
2016 8
2015 10
2014 10
2013 6
2012 5
2011 6
2010 5
2005 11
2004 11
2003 10
2002 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Serenity Mine sits in Clark County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Clark County, Washington · Population 510,516
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$94,948
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
2017 Q4 3,274 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,451 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,362 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,674 1 0 597.4
2016 Q4 3,059 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,837 4 0 1042.5
2016 Q2 3,231 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,872 3 0 1044.6
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4 3,203 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,156 1 0 240.6
2015 Q2 4,515 4 3 885.9
2015 Q1 5,158 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,865 4 1 1396.2
2014 Q3 4,995 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,888 2 1 692.5
2014 Q1 1,593 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,136 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,796 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,942 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,633 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 908 1 0 1101.3
2012 Q3 1,878 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,631 5 0 1900.4
2012 Q1 1,111 8 5 7200.7
2011 Q4 1,932 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,745 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,652 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 722 6 1 8310.2
2010 Q4 314 4 3 12738.9
2005 Q3 4,706 12 4 2549.9
2005 Q2 3,821 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,500 3 0 1200.0
2004 Q4 3,832 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,495 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,377 4 4 913.9
2004 Q1 3,775 9 5 2384.1
2003 Q4 3,690 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,854 1 0 206.0
2003 Q2 4,452 1 0 224.6
2003 Q1 3,837 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,020 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,211 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

August 12, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A & B Rock Distributors LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was splitting large rock in half w/hammer/maul, rock was too heavy and slipped out of his hand, falling over into his leg. he had to have 9 stitches on inside of his leg. calf area.