What are Sprague Quarry's MSHA penalties?

Sprague Quarry has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $2K currently outstanding across 5 contested dockets.

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Sprague Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

DeAtley Crushing Company · Surface

Controlled by Eucon Corporation

Sprague, Lincoln County, WA · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4503373

Sprague Quarry has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2003–2021
Latest incident: Feb 2021

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

106

citations

significant & substantial

$13,104

proposed penalties

$11,271

paid to date

86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,833 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

inspections on record

1,189

inspection hours

8.9

citations per 100 inspection hours

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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 1,189 inspection hours.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$13K

proposed penalties

$13K

current assessed

$11K

paid to date

$2K

outstanding

106 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-13.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

See also the operator's enforcement record

Quarterly safety rates

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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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	2,725	0	0.0
2025 Q3	3,117	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,609	5	1916.4
2025 Q1	1,710	5	2924.0
2024 Q4	2,355	0	0.0
2024 Q3	2,730	4	1465.2
2024 Q2	3,728	0	0.0
2024 Q1	3,120	0	0.0

Show 96 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	3,608	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	3,699	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	3,316	1	0	301.6
2023 Q1	2,661	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	3,522	4	1	1135.7
2022 Q3	3,723	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	4,395	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	3,028	1	0	330.3
2021 Q4	2,493	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	2,946	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	3,576	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	2,916	1	0	342.9
2020 Q4	3,936	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	4,262	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	10,176	3	0	294.8
2020 Q1	3,461	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	4,122	6	3	1455.6
2019 Q3	3,909	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	3,647	2	0	548.4
2019 Q1	3,356	1	1	298.0
2018 Q4	3,381	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	3,328	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	5,233	3	0	573.3
2018 Q1	4,236	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	3,772	2	0	530.2
2017 Q3	4,324	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	3,423	1	0	292.1
2017 Q1	2,937	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	2,107	5	0	2373.0
2016 Q3	3,110	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	4,531	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	3,871	1	0	258.3
2015 Q4	3,071	3	0	976.9
2015 Q3	3,213	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	6,610	3	1	453.9
2015 Q1	4,188	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	4,895	4	0	817.2
2014 Q3	7,215	1	1	138.6
2014 Q2	5,095	4	0	785.1
2014 Q1	4,550	4	0	879.1
2013 Q4	3,849	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	3,655	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	4,185	2	0	477.9
2013 Q1	2,698	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	2,772	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	3,197	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	2,998	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	2,409	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	2,488	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	2,575	3	0	1165.0
2011 Q2	2,366	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	1,688	2	1	1184.8
2010 Q4	1,752	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	2,923	3	1	1026.3
2010 Q2	3,403	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	2,145	3	0	1398.6
2009 Q4	2,929	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	4,933	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	4,949	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	2,380	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	2,134	2	0	937.2
2008 Q3	2,591	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	4,101	3	0	731.5
2008 Q1	2,074	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	2,157	1	0	463.6
2007 Q3	2,449	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	3,042	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	2,529	1	0	395.4
2006 Q4	2,913	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	3,012	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	2,415	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	2,313	2	0	864.7
2005 Q4	2,150	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	2,480	1	0	403.2
2005 Q2	2,702	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	1,889	6	1	3176.3
2004 Q4	2,424	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	3,213	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	2,422	1	0	412.9
2004 Q1	1,933	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	2,360	1	0	423.7
2003 Q3	2,726	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	2,942	2	1	679.8
2003 Q1	2,080	0	0	0.0
2002 Q4	3,044	2	0	657.0
2002 Q3	4,205	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	3,587	1	0	278.8
2002 Q1	3,342	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	3,112	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	6,534	3	1	459.1
2001 Q2	4,272	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	3,736	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	2,705	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	2,877	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	3,430	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	3,368	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2021 · 1 incident

February 1, 2021 WA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

DeAtley Crushing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was trimming conveyor belt using a utility knife. The belt cut easier than EE expected, resulting in the knife travelling past the conveyor belt and making contact with the EE's leg. The contact resulted in a laceration requiring sutures.

2013 · 1 incident

November 11, 2013 WA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Mainline Rock & Ballast Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was trying to remove a drill steel from a 988H loader bucker which was wedged in the bucket. He hit it with a hammer and it sprung out hitting him in the ankle. The doctor did an x-ray 11-12-2013 and gave him time off until follow up appt. on 11/18/13. At that time, the Dr returned ee to light duty with anther follow up appt in 10 days.

2012 · 1 incident

October 29, 2012 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Mainline Rock & Ballast Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Doing maintenance on Thor Stacker conveyor, putting wear iron in receiving box using torch and welder. He slipped and fell because of rainy conditions and smashed and cut his middle and pointer fingers on his left hand.

2010 · 1 incident

February 3, 2010 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Mainline Rock & Ballast Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was helping 2 other employees change a return roller on a stacker. He was lifting the belt and twisting while placing the roller. He was lifting approximately 20 pounds at the time. It affected his lower back which he has had issues before.

2003 · 1 incident

April 15, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Mainline Rock & Ballast Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A STEEL POST WHILE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. HAMMER MISSED POST AND STRUCK FINGER OF EMPLOYEE HOLDING POST.

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