Mining Incidents

Wash Plant: 44 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

AAA Ready-Mix Inc · Surface
Controlled by Pamp Maiers
Moses lake, Grant County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503451

Wash Plant has $4K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
44
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,353
proposed penalties
$4,353
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
31
inspections on record
340
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: 340 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wash Plant has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $147 in penalties contested before the Commission, $147 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-22.
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.
11.4%
significant & substantial
2.3%
high negligence or reckless
11.4%
reasonably likely or greater
61.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.6% low, 84.1% moderate, 2.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$147 proposed, $147 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2024-07-23.
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
WEST 2024-0313 Default 2024 $147 → $147
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: 2015-02-11, 11 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-02-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-02-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
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. Central Washington Asphalt Inc 2000 to 2009
  2. AAA Ready-Mix Inc 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 1
2021 4
2020 5
2019 4
2018 4
2017 1
2016 2
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 3
2009 3
2008 1
2007 3
2006 2
2005 1
2004 1
2003 2
2002 2
2001 5
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wash Plant sits in Grant County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Grant County, Washington · Population 100,428
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$71,115
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
2026 Q2 1,542 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 235 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 874 1 0 1144.2
2025 Q2 781 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 778 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 656 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 633 2 0 3159.6
2024 Q1 922 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 488 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 756 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 116 1 0 8620.7
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 243 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 349 1 0 2865.3
2020 Q3 453 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 359 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 789 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 962 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 611 1 0 1636.7
2019 Q1 481 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 726 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 67 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7 2 0 285714.3
2017 Q3 61 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 1 0
2016 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 43 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 169 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 51 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 221 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 169 3 0 17751.5
2011 Q1 267 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 407 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 261 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 367 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 307 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 383 4 0 10443.9
2009 Q1 442 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 384 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 598 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 442 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 234 1 0 4273.5
2007 Q3 461 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,067 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 309 9 3 29126.2
2006 Q3 91 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 362 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 240 1 0 4166.7
2005 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 435 7 0 16092.0
2005 Q2 542 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 174 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 425 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 285 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 126 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 408 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 475 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 191 1 0 5235.6
2002 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 430 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 615 4 0 6504.1
2002 Q1 387 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 676 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 647 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 542 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 124 1 0 8064.5
2000 Q4 169 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 731 4 2 5472.0

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.