Mining Incidents

Columbia Northwest Recycling Inc. operator

Controlled by Brent Kerr
MSHA operator ID: 0108985
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
175
citations
45
significant & substantial
$96,857
proposed penalties
$81,548
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,309 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
56
inspections on record
915
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: 915 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$97K
proposed penalties
$82K
current assessed
$82K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
175 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
2

Mines on record

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