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WP3: 62 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

AAA Readymix Inc · Surface
Controlled by Pamp Maiers
Entiat, Chelan County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503709

WP3 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
62
citations
10
significant & substantial
$10,298
proposed penalties
$10,287
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See AAA Readymix Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
15
inspections on record
254
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: 254 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2013-04-03.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

WP3 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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
61 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
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.
16.4%
significant & substantial
4.9%
high negligence or reckless
16.4%
reasonably likely or greater
49.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.8% low, 80.3% moderate, 4.9% 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.
21 citations taken to the federal commission · 34% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 29%
  • Stood as issued 15 · 71%
80%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
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 2024-03-06.
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 2013-846M Default Lesnick 2013 $2K → $2K
WEST 2023-0095 Settlement Bulluck 2023 $676 → $665
WEST 2024-0153 Settlement Manning 2024 $164 → $164
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: 2013-04-03, 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
2013-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer 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. Apple Valley Sand and Gravel 2012 to 2015
  2. AAA Readymix Inc 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 2
2019 3
2016 0
2015 2
2014 1
2013 3
2012 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WP3 sits in Chelan County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Chelan County, Washington · Population 79,518
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$78,306
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 500 4 0 8000.0
2026 Q1 687 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 668 1 0 1497.0
2025 Q2 594 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 132 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 450 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 548 0 0 0.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 443 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 84 3 0 35714.3
2023 Q3 437 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 246 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 458 9 0 19650.7
2022 Q3 682 1 0 1466.3
2022 Q2 759 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 195 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 367 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 502 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 486 2 0 4115.2
2021 Q1 115 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 635 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 597 2 0 3350.1
2020 Q2 989 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 459 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,243 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,687 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,422 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 480 3 0 6250.0
2015 Q2 641 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 220 11 4 50000.0
2014 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 505 9 2 17821.8
2014 Q1 78 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,159 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,345 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,397 16 4 11453.1
2013 Q1 635 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 949 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.