Mining Incidents

Washington Portable 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Bellingham, Whatcom County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503717

Washington Portable 1 has $704 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
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Aug 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$704
proposed penalties
$704
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
5
inspections on record
55
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: 55 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Washington Portable 1 has $704 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.
$704
proposed penalties
$704
current assessed
$704
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-26.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 581 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 168 4 0 23809.5
2024 Q4 565 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,629 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 810 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 206 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 244 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 291 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 1,013 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 3,098 1 0 322.8
2015 Q2 158 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 388 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,902 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,315 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,497 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 894 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,744 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

August 4, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

Loader operator was taking material from bank with 980G front end loader, when material from above loader bucket collapsed onto loader bucket causing machine to bounce froward then back. Operator felt sore after this but did not seek out medical attention until 08-27-15, at which time he was placed on restricetd duty for 7 days.

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