Mining Incidents

Wauconda Quarry: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Okanagan, Okanogan County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503104

Wauconda Quarry has $614 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
1997
Latest incident
Aug 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
7
citations
2
significant & substantial
$614
proposed penalties
$614
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
25
inspections on record
230
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: 230 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wauconda Quarry has $614 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.
$614
proposed penalties
$614
current assessed
$614
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-18.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
28.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2013-06-10, 13 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-06-10 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. Columbia River Carbonates 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 1
2017 2
2016 2
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 4
2011 3
2010 2
2009 2
2008 4
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 4
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wauconda Quarry sits in Okanogan 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.
Okanogan County, Washington · Population 42,811
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,293
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 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 378 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 442 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 864 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 717 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,255 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 954 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 685 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 422 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 365 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 326 1 0 3067.5
2015 Q3 355 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 442 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 374 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 352 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 442 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 365 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 371 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 371 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 442 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 374 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 881 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 884 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,166 2 0 1715.3
2012 Q1 527 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 767 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 990 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 706 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 404 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 637 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 460 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 403 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 483 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 479 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 419 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 399 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 478 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 396 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 492 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 401 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 462 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 403 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 481 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 349 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 613 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 304 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 374 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 979 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 756 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 405 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 595 2 0 3361.3
2004 Q3 353 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 430 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 719 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 620 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 425 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 415 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 375 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 443 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 448 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 449 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 604 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 510 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 548 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 499 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 502 2 2 3984.1
2000 Q1 606 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

August 25, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Columbia River Carbonates · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

QUARRY SUPERINTENDENT FILED WORK COMP CLAIM FOR HEARING LOSS ON 8/25/97. DID NOT REPORT THIS TO CO. FIRST NOTIFIED ON 9/17/97. WE DENY INJURY ATTRIBUTABLE TO WORK AT COMPANY.