Mining Incidents

Johnson Creek Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Steve Olson; Mike Olson
Rainier, WA, Thurston County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503777

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Sep 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
31
citations
7
significant & substantial
$6,749
proposed penalties
$6,749
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 1,400 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 632 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,030 2 1 985.2
2025 Q1 1,566 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,503 1 0 665.3
2024 Q3 908 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,122 1 0 891.3
2024 Q1 1,228 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

1 on file

2021 · 1 incident

September 28, 2021 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountain Stone Aggregate · Fall from machine

Haul truck driver was dumping a load into the apron feeder of the crushing plant. They finished dumping the load and heard a loud pop when the bed of the truck was fully in the down position. Driver then saw smoke and flames. The operator got out of the cab went down the initial set of steps and then jumped off of the lower set of steps onto the pit floor and broke an ankle.