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Wash Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Action Materials · Surface

Controlled by Wade Matson

Cheney, Spokane County, WA · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4503669

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2017–2018
Latest incident: Feb 2018

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2010

citations

significant & substantial

$16,797

proposed penalties

$16,797

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	2,282	1	438.2
2025 Q3	2,535	0	0.0
2025 Q2	1,354	2	1477.1
2025 Q1	1,945	0	0.0
2024 Q4	2,208	2	905.8
2024 Q3	2,456	0	0.0
2024 Q2	1,686	2	1186.2
2024 Q1	1,942	6	3089.6

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

2018 · 1 incident

February 9, 2018 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Action Materials · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Two miners were replacing the drive belts on feeder when one of the miners got hand pinched between the belt and pulley, resulting in the tip of finger being amputated.

2017 · 1 incident

April 14, 2017 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Action Materials · Contact with hot objects or substances

Two miners were installing a new gear onto a shaft on the Rolls Crusher. An unplanned ignition of propane gas occurred when they were heating the new gear with a propane grill and cooling the shaft with liquid propane. The propane contacted the grill flame and a fire occurred. Employee received burns to employee's face and neck.