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Wheel Mounted Portable Plant: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Northwest Rock Inc · Surface
Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503446

Wheel Mounted Portable Plant has $2K 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
6
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Jul 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
22
citations
7
significant & substantial
$1,936
proposed penalties
$1,936
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Northwest Rock Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
20
inspections on record
310
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: 310 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wheel Mounted Portable Plant has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-04-28.
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.
31.8%
significant & substantial
4.5%
high negligence or reckless
31.8%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 86.4% moderate, 4.5% 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: 2019-04-18, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.93 0.49 Truck Driver
2003-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.41 0.17 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2001-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.63 0.22 Truck Driver
2001-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Northwest Rock Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 1
2023 2
2022 2
2021 1
2020 2
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2003 13
2002 19
2001 15
2000 22
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wheel Mounted Portable Plant sits in Grays Harbor County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Grays Harbor County, Washington · Population 76,397
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$63,539
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
2024 Q2 453 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 344 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 646 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,772 1 1 564.3
2023 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,007 0 0 0.0
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 289 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 465 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 941 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 700 1 0 1428.6
2021 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 146 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 3,457 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 316 2 1 6329.1
2019 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 63 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,201 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 141 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 0 1 0
2018 Q3 193 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 292 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 234 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 298 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 922 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,869 3 1 1605.1
2003 Q3 6,304 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,636 6 0 1294.2
2003 Q1 1,786 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,786 3 1 1076.8
2002 Q3 4,930 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,464 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,755 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,000 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,952 1 1 253.0
2001 Q2 5,657 4 2 707.1
2001 Q1 1,463 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,422 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,926 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 769 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

July 24, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Northwest Rock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS HELPING A MECHANIC REPLACE A BROKEN TRACK PIN ON AN EXCAVATOR, THE MECHANIC WAS DRIVING THE PIN INTO THE TRACK WITH A LARGE HAMMER WHEN A HAMMER FROM THE PIN BROKE LOOSE AND STRUC K HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD AROUND THE TEMPLE AREA.

June 26, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northwest Rock Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WORKING TO CLEAR A PLUG UP IN THE TUNNEL FEEDER, HE SLIPPED WITH ALL BODY WEIGHT ON RIGHT KNEE.

2002 · 1 incident

June 22, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northwest Rock Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EITHER PULLING ON HAUL BACK CABLE ON THE DRAGLINE OR LIFTING A COIL OF STEEL CABLE

2001 · 2 incidents

October 19, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northwest Rock Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER OF THE LOADER ANDCAUGHT MYSELF WITH LEFT ARM.

March 21, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northwest Rock Inc · Fall from machine

FEEDING MAIN THE WIRE ON THE MAIN LINE AROUND THE YARDER ON TOP OF THE MACHINE OPERATOR SWITCHED AND ENGINE WENT FULL THRU AND DAM WAS REALING ON WIRE AT THIS SPEED. JUMPED OFF MACHINE TO CLEA R CABLE ONTO THE GROUND SPRAINING RIGHT ANKLE. U

2000 · 1 incident

October 17, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northwest Rock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING OUT UNDER CONE CRUSHER. SOME MUD SPLASHED INTO RIGHT EYE. THE NEXT MORNING EYE WAS VERY RED AND IRRITATED.