Mining Incidents

Plant C Metal/Non-Metal

Rock Services Inc · Surface
Controlled by Gordon Pogorelc
Centralia, Lewis County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503543

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2015–2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
124
citations
33
significant & substantial
$90,935
proposed penalties
$76,224
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 Q4 1,741 2 0 1148.8
2025 Q3 1,446 5 1 3457.8
2025 Q2 2,242 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,860 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,736 2 0 1152.1
2024 Q3 1,738 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,387 7 0 2932.6
2024 Q1 2,378 4 1 1682.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2026 · 1 incident

March 21, 2026 WA · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker MACHINERY
Rock Services Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Cone feeder was stopped due to rocks in the belt/tail drum. The guard was pulled to clean the area. Employee reached in to possibly brush out more rocks, their arm and hand were pulled into the machine and wedged between the belt/tail drum. Their arm rolled with the belt and was pushed out by the machine. Their hand had lacerations on it.

2015 · 1 incident

March 5, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Rock Services Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using an air impact gun pressed up on a bolt with the palm of his hand, bolt spun and cut his hand. He went to the doctors later that night and received stiches.