Mining Incidents

Walrath Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tom E Walrath Sr
Steilacoom, Pierce County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503437

Walrath Sand Pit has $5K 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 2000
27
citations
13
significant & substantial
$5,372
proposed penalties
$5,372
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
10
inspections on record
164
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: 164 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Walrath Sand Pit has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-04-08.
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
2003 Q4 139 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 614 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 759 2 0 2635.0
2003 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 496 2 1 4032.3
2002 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 535 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 628 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 925 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,090 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 495 23 12 46464.6

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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