Mining Incidents

Whitcomb Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Patterson, Benton County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503497

Whitcomb Quarry has $528 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 2002
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$528
proposed penalties
$528
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
7
inspections on record
101
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: 101 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Whitcomb Quarry has $528 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.
$528
proposed penalties
$528
current assessed
$528
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-07-09.
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
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 682 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 717 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 849 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 580 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 696 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 452 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 520 1 0 1923.1
2003 Q2 1,055 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,205 2 0 1659.8
2002 Q4 352 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 490 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,012 3 0 2964.4
2002 Q1 1,042 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 68 0 0 0.0

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.

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