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Shelton Pit 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 $0 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
106
citations
27
significant & substantial
$13,767
proposed penalties
$13,520
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $247 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
1,122
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.
106 citations across 1,122 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shelton Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
$0
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 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
2024 Q2 2,807 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,202 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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.

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