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Shelton Pit: 107 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Walt Miles
Shelton, Mason County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4502282

Shelton Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1989–2023
Latest incident
Jan 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
107
citations
27
significant & substantial
$13,918
proposed penalties
$13,520
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $398 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Miles Sand & Gravel Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
1,133
inspection hours
9.4
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.
107 citations across 1,133 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shelton Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $757 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-08.
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.
25.2%
significant & substantial
3.7%
high negligence or reckless
25.2%
reasonably likely or greater
58.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.4% low, 73.8% moderate, 3.7% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 80%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 20%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $757 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 2007-10-17.
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 2007-668M Settlement Manning 2007 $601 → $354
WEST 2005-254M Dismissal Lesnick 2005 $203 → $203
WEST 2007-881M Settlement Lesnick 2008 $100 → $100
WEST 2008-88M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $100 → $100
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: 2024-12-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-12-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 2.04 0.23 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2019-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Mechanic
2013-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-01-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.03 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.31 0.61 Mechanic
2002-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 1.86 0.41 Truck Driver
2001-02-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-02-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.66 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-02-06 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.

Shelton Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.

Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.25 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 8.82 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Graystone Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. Cascade Pumice Inc 1985 to 1989
  3. Miles Sand & Gravel Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 5
2024 5
2023 6
2022 7
2021 7
2020 5
2019 7
2018 10
2017 9
2016 9
2015 11
2014 9
2013 9
2012 7
2011 8
2010 6
2009 5
2008 7
2007 7
2006 9
2005 10
2004 7
2003 5
2002 8
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Shelton Pit sits in Mason 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.
Mason County, Washington · Population 66,968
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$78,359
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 2,880 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,626 1 0 380.8
2025 Q4 2,440 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,998 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,703 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,979 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,445 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,728 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,807 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,202 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,705 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,570 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,996 1 0 333.8
2023 Q1 3,605 4 2 1109.6
2022 Q4 3,189 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,161 1 0 462.7
2022 Q2 4,100 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,996 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,340 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,295 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,974 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,850 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,446 2 0 817.7
2020 Q3 2,082 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,397 2 0 1431.6
2020 Q1 2,750 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,244 1 0 308.3
2019 Q3 3,341 1 0 299.3
2019 Q2 4,432 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,257 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,403 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,158 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,268 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,247 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,235 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,904 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,008 2 0 499.0
2017 Q1 4,984 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,732 6 3 1268.0
2016 Q3 3,765 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,498 9 4 2000.9
2016 Q1 4,914 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,956 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,843 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8,244 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,623 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,265 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,163 1 0 240.2
2014 Q2 6,533 2 0 306.1
2014 Q1 4,493 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,747 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,223 1 1 191.5
2013 Q2 4,520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,036 4 1 1317.5
2012 Q4 3,150 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,446 1 0 224.9
2012 Q2 3,613 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,311 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,048 2 1 494.1
2011 Q3 4,689 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,061 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,087 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,776 1 1 360.2
2010 Q3 3,182 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,119 2 1 485.6
2010 Q1 2,728 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,786 1 0 358.9
2009 Q3 2,358 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,626 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,643 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,589 1 0 386.2
2008 Q3 3,687 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,522 1 1 221.1
2008 Q1 3,549 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,708 1 0 269.7
2007 Q3 3,448 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,225 5 0 1183.4
2007 Q1 3,065 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,025 5 2 1242.2
2006 Q3 3,274 3 0 916.3
2006 Q2 4,166 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,194 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,661 4 0 1092.6
2005 Q3 4,659 1 0 214.6
2005 Q2 4,490 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,902 5 2 1281.4
2004 Q3 4,322 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,978 6 1 1508.3
2004 Q1 3,492 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,464 2 0 577.4
2003 Q3 3,897 2 0 513.2
2003 Q2 3,832 5 2 1304.8
2003 Q1 2,759 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,013 9 4 2987.1
2002 Q3 5,348 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,766 1 0 209.8
2002 Q1 3,964 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,817 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,020 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,795 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,550 4 0 1568.6
2000 Q4 2,651 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,059 6 1 1961.4
2000 Q2 2,851 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,847 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2023 · 1 incident

January 24, 2023 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Experienced pain while using hammer to remove a stuck bolt during maintenance task

2015 · 1 incident

March 27, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator MACHINERY
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was using a portable band saw while fabricating guards and as the saw reached the end of the desired cut the saw kicked back and the blade contacted the fleshy thumb area of his left palm.

2008 · 1 incident

May 30, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal pumper MACHINERY
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was operating a 4.5 inch grinder. When the wheel touched some rubber belt material it jumped and the miner lost his grip and the wheel contacted his left little finger causing a laceration.

2004 · 1 incident

July 1, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

While performing routine cleanup he noticed that the twin scrubber to the wash plant was plugged with mud. While attempting to climb up onto the edge of the scrubber his foot caught on a lip or bar and caused him to lose his balance falling into the scrubber. While trying to brace his fall with his left hand it struck the scrubber screw.

2002 · 1 incident

April 14, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal IMPOUNDMENT
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Accident type, without injuries

EE CAME INTO MSG-SHELTON ON 4-14-02 AROUND 1:00 PM, NOTICED THE UPPER POND HAD SLID INTO THE LOWER POND.

2000 · 1 incident

January 15, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BROKE HIS FINGER DOING MAINTENANCE ON CRUSHER.

1995 · 1 incident

November 2, 1995 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LAYING DOWN WORKING OVERHEAD ON CRUSHER SCREEN. WHEN HE TURNED AT AN AWKWARD ANGLE, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

1994 · 2 incidents

1989 · 1 incident

May 11, 1989 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAIN BACK WORKING ON PLANT.