Mining Incidents

Plant 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503835

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
4
citations
1
significant & substantial
$604
proposed penalties
$151
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 2,026 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,761 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,513 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,159 1 0 240.4
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

2025 · 1 incident

April 15, 2025 WA · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thayer Excavating LLC dba Riverbottom Rock · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The employee climbed off the excavator to relieve themselves. Employee fell when standing on the ground and hit their shoulder/back of their head. Ended with bruising on the shoulder and a hairline fracture of the L2 vertebral. No treatment provided or needed. This was the employee's last day of work.