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Unit #2: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

N A Degerstrom Inc · Surface
Controlled by N A Degerstrom
Spokane, Spokane County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502995

Unit #2 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Jul 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
15
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,762
proposed penalties
$5,037
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $725 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See N A Degerstrom Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
5
inspections on record
197
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: 197 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Unit #2 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-07-17.
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.
35.7%
significant & substantial
21.4%
high negligence or reckless
35.7%
reasonably likely or greater
71.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 28.6% moderate, 21.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
WEST20020313M Settlement Melick 2002 $2K → $1K
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: 2001-07-18, 25 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.14 1.12 1.02 Truck Driver
2001-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.84 0.37 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.
Ownership history
  1. N A Degerstrom Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 0
2007 0
2002 3
2001 7
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Unit #2 sits in Spokane County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Spokane County, Washington · Population 544,323
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$73,513
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
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 3,167 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,076 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,256 15 5 3524.4
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 5,589 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,772 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,612 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,032 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,091 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,078 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

July 10, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver ELECTRICAL
N A Degerstrom Inc · Contact with electrical current

A 35-TON MOBILE CRANE CONTACTED HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER TRANSMISSION LINES WHILE MOVING AN EMPTY 5,000 GALLON WATER TANK. A MINER TENDING THE TAG-LINE RECEIVED SERIOUS ELECTRICAL BURNS AS A RESULT OF THE CONTACT.