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Toppenish Facility: 113 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Toppenish, Yakima County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4500631

Toppenish Facility has $26K 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
17
Years on record
1991–2010
Latest incident
Aug 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
113
citations
24
significant & substantial
$26,151
proposed penalties
$26,151
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
643
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: 643 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Toppenish Facility has $26K 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
113 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-25.
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.
21.2%
significant & substantial
3.5%
high negligence or reckless
21.2%
reasonably likely or greater
61.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.1% low, 74.3% moderate, 3.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2013-01-16, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Arsenic fumes1
Show the individual readings (24)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-01-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.9 Laborer, Bullgang
2013-01-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Dragline Operator
2009-06-25 Cobalt fumes 0.06 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.4 0.15 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2009-06-25 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Cadmium oxide fumes 3.44 100 0.03 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Copper fumes 0.95 100 0.01 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Iron oxide fumes 0.13 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2009-06-25 Lead fumes 6.67 150 0.04 Welder, etc.
2005-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2002-03-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.45 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-03-26 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.

Toppenish Facility recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.

Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ 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 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.26 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
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 9.27 9.27 0.000
2008 * 6.42 0.00 0.000
2007 * 11.14 5.57 0.000
2006 * 5.80 5.80 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. Graham & Morris Construction Co Inc 1950 to 2002
  2. Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 0
2017 3
2015 20
2014 19
2013 18
2012 19
2011 21
2010 22
2009 29
2008 29
2007 16
2006 12
2005 6
2004 3
2003 4
2002 6
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Toppenish Facility sits in Yakima County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Yakima County, Washington · Population 256,605
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$68,015
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
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 1,377 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,002 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,093 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,093 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 8,143 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,500 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,641 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,970 8 2 1340.0
2014 Q2 7,565 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,319 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,159 1 0 316.6
2013 Q3 4,050 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,476 1 0 223.4
2013 Q1 4,701 1 0 212.7
2012 Q4 6,742 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,884 1 0 346.7
2012 Q2 6,589 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,760 1 0 362.3
2011 Q4 6,476 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,248 2 0 381.1
2011 Q2 5,857 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,554 2 1 562.7
2010 Q4 4,079 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,607 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,754 20 5 2961.2
2010 Q1 2,156 4 0 1855.3
2009 Q4 3,032 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,311 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,659 2 0 261.1
2009 Q1 5,580 2 0 358.4
2008 Q4 6,957 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,783 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,494 4 1 616.0
2008 Q1 7,901 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 9,554 9 1 942.0
2007 Q3 7,367 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,712 8 2 918.3
2007 Q1 10,259 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 10,648 1 0 93.9
2006 Q3 8,496 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,516 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,847 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,185 1 0 314.0
2005 Q3 2,073 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,368 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,124 2 0 941.6
2004 Q4 2,865 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,280 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 589 1 0 1697.8
2004 Q1 497 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 514 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,067 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,169 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,536 1 0 651.0
2002 Q4 2,860 3 0 1049.0
2002 Q3 2,460 2 0 813.0
2002 Q2 2,860 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,460 4 0 1626.0
2001 Q4 2,060 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,060 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,860 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,060 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,260 7 0 3097.3
2000 Q3 2,860 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,860 20 11 6993.0
2000 Q1 2,860 1 0 349.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2010 · 1 incident

August 3, 2010 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS CHANGING SCREEN ON TOP DECK, AS HE THREW SCREEN DOWN OFF CAT WALK, THE SCREEN HOOKED ONTO HIS GLOVE SMASHING HIS LEFT FINGER(S) BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND HANDRAIL.

2009 · 1 incident

June 11, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM ONE SIDE OF PLANT TO THE OTHER TO ACCESS THE FEED TUNNEL. EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM CEMENT GROUND TO DIRT GROUND, ROLLING RIGHT ANKLE AS HE STEPPED ON TO DIFFERENT SURFACE.

2008 · 1 incident

April 14, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pushing the stop button on a conveyor.

2007 · 2 incidents

January 26, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co · Struck against stationary object

Two employees were cutting metal off of a discharge lid when a piece of slag landed on the hose and started to burn. Employee climbed down to shut off acetlyne. Employee thought he was stepping on a belt but really stepped on a piece of iron and rolled his ankle.

January 23, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While working on jaw crusher, employee put right leg over frame rail. His toe of the boot hung up on the frame and he twisted his knee.

2006 · 1 incident

October 27, 2006 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING PINS IN EXCELL CONE - RUNNING CYLINDER TO LINE PIN WITH HOLE. RESTED HAND ON BOTTOM OF CYLINDER TO RETRIEVE TOOL WITH RIGHT HAND, CYLINDER RETRACTED, PINCHING LEFT HAND/THUMB.

2000 · 1 incident

February 4, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Graham & Morris Construction Co Inc · Struck by falling object

FOREIGN PIECE OF RUSTED METAL WAS LODGED IN CUTTING GOGGLES. WHEN HE USED THE GOGGLES, THE PIECE BECAME DISLODGED, FALLING INTO USERS RIGHT EYE.

1999 · 2 incidents

August 19, 1999 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Graham & Morris Construction Co Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE CHANGING SCREEN CLOTH INJURY WAS CAUSED WHILE STRIKING A WEDGE WITH A HAMMER. HE MISSED INJURING UPPER BACK.

April 14, 1999 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Graham & Morris Construction Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CLIMBING ON A EUCLID HAUL TRUCK WITH A BUCKET OF ROCK WHEN HIS BACK SNAPPED

1996 · 1 incident

October 26, 1996 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Graham & Morris Construction Co Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKIGN ON PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND DIRT AND OIL FELL INTO EYES.

1995 · 1 incident

1994 · 2 incidents

April 27, 1994 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Graham & Morris Construction Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WELDING A PIECE OF IRON POPPED INTO EYE

1992 · 2 incidents

June 18, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Graham & Morris Construction Co Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS REMOVING ACCESSORY DRIVE FROM R30 TRUCK PUMP STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN CHEST LATER ROPE BROKE & ACCESSORY DRIVE FELL ON LEG

1991 · 2 incidents

January 29, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Graham & Morris Construction Co Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS REBUILDING CHUTE ON CRUSHER, CHUTE GAVE WAY AND EMPLOYEE FELL TO BOTTOM OF BUNKER. A 2' X 6' PIECE OF STEEL FELL ON RIGHT SHOULDER.