Mining Incidents

Kalama Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Castle Rock, Cowlitz County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503460

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2016–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
161
citations
36
significant & substantial
$77,517
proposed penalties
$70,404
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q1 2,943 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,251 3 1 705.7
2024 Q3 4,000 13 2 3250.0
2024 Q2 3,073 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,082 4 0 1297.9
2023 Q4 3,416 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,256 5 0 1535.6
2023 Q2 3,767 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2024 · 1 incident

January 25, 2024 WA · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman MACHINERY
Harold Sorensen Trucking Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was setting the landing pad for leveling jacks on the crusher. Making sure jack was lined up with others. As the hydraulic jacks went up a 4 foot piece of angle iron, that had been leaned up against the crusher, slid off the frame and smashed EE's thumb against the guard on the jack. Crew member had 4 stitches in thumb.

2019 · 2 incidents

July 25, 2019 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Harold Sorensen Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

Commercial Truck Driver lost control of the vehicle on the 23% grade road. Driver ran the truck into the berm at the bottom of the hill. The driver injured EE's sternum and the truck is damaged.

June 4, 2019 WA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Harold Sorensen Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

Driver said pickup popped out of gear coming loaded downhill. No marks from trailer brakes. Lost control and loaded trailer came off pickup. Trailer rolled once staying on road. Pick up rolled and went over embankment landing on its top.

2018 · 1 incident

September 5, 2018 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Harold Sorensen Trucking Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

bee sting, also stung at 3:00 pm hot weather no damage, no injury, no medical treatment, no first aid employee continued on as normal

2016 · 2 incidents

October 22, 2016 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Harold Sorensen Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

Brake failure on truck. 13% downhill grade from stockpile to scales

October 22, 2016 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Harold Sorensen Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

Brake failure on truck. 13 percent downhill grade from stockpile to scales. *Per question #20 person was thrown from truck.*