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Winthrop Pit & Plant: 78 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Luke L Hughes
Winthrop, Okanogan County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4502295

Winthrop Pit & Plant has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009–2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
78
citations
18
significant & substantial
$10,093
proposed penalties
$9,793
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cascade Concrete Products Co Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
658
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: 658 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Winthrop Pit & Plant has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-23.
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.
23.1%
significant & substantial
9.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.1%
reasonably likely or greater
47.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.4% low, 75.6% moderate, 9.0% 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.
15 citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
  • Settled 11 · 73%
  • Stood as issued 3 · 20%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 7%
71%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
13%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2023-08-30.
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 2014-100M Settlement Barbour 2014 $2K → $1K
WEST 2023-0100 Dismissal Manning 2024 $634 → $634
WEST 2009-1148M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $293 → $293
WEST 2009-1193M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $200 → $200
WEST 2011-565M Settlement Barbour 2011 $200 → $200
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: 2018-05-15, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.67 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-15 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Chromium, insoluble 0.11 1 0.11 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Cobalt fumes 0.2 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Copper fumes 6.97 100 0.07 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Iron oxide fumes 0.93 10 0.09 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Manganese fumes 0.14 5 0.03 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Molybdenum fumes 0.02 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.75 0.52 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-15 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-05-15 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-09-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-09-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.33 0.91 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Cascade Concrete Products Inc 1950 to 1993
  2. Cascade Concrete Products Co Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 2
2023 3
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 3
2017 2
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Winthrop Pit & Plant 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
2026 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 137 5 1 36496.4
2025 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 107 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 49 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 84 11 3 130952.4
2022 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 71 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 141 3 0 21276.6
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 107 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 90 1 0 11111.1
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 61 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 64 1 0 15625.0
2019 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 33 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 82 2 1 24390.2
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 72 2 0 27777.8
2017 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 220 6 1 27272.7
2016 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 1,245 2 0 1606.4
2014 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 715 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 995 9 2 9045.2
2013 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 819 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,161 3 2 2584.0
2012 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,113 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,105 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 647 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,048 4 1 3816.8
2010 Q3 844 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 648 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 525 3 0 5714.3
2009 Q3 1,020 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,123 4 0 3561.9
2009 Q1 199 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,090 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,084 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,077 8 4 7428.0
2008 Q1 1,012 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,051 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,169 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,064 1 0 939.8
2007 Q1 941 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 846 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 929 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 792 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 950 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,138 2 1 1757.5
2005 Q2 1,072 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,046 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,193 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,399 1 0 714.8
2004 Q2 1,645 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 401 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,246 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,282 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 997 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,023 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,253 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,350 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 730 1 0 1369.9
2001 Q3 1,232 6 0 4870.1
2001 Q2 1,278 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 112 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,267 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,421 2 1 1407.5
2000 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2022 · 1 incident

April 18, 2022 WA · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Cascade Concrete Products Co Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner conducts work at locations (ie. batch plant & wash plant) that require hearing protection due to loud noise. Change in hearing from baseline test according to hearing test conducted.

2009 · 1 incident

July 31, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cascade Concrete Products Co Inc · Struck by flying object

EE was driving key wedge down in the jaw crusher using a piece of steel shaft & a sledge hammer. A piece of steel came off shaft where it was being struck with a hammer. The piece of steel went into right leg above knee on inside of leg.