Mining Incidents

Thorndyke Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bruce B Seton
Port Ludlow, Jefferson County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503780

Thorndyke Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
25
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,517
proposed penalties
$3,517
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
22
inspections on record
239
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: 239 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Thorndyke Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-23.
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 2,777 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,917 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,563 7 3 2731.2
2025 Q1 2,352 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,184 3 1 1373.6
2024 Q3 2,418 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,700 3 0 1111.1
2024 Q1 1,900 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,495 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,675 1 0 597.0
2023 Q2 1,935 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,270 1 0 787.4
2022 Q4 897 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,034 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,155 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,319 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,378 1 0 725.7
2021 Q3 1,257 2 0 1591.1
2021 Q2 1,423 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,165 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 292 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,030 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 394 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 43 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9 1 0 111111.1
2019 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 92 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 44 2 0 45454.5
2018 Q3 83 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 245 3 1 12244.9

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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