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C & H Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Higginbotham Earl
Kittitas County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503168

MSHA record for C & H Pit (mine ID 4503168). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. C & H Trucking & Construction Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

C & H Pit sits in Kittitas County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Kittitas County, Washington · Population 44,736
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,928
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

September 22, 1989 WA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & H Trucking & Construction Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I NAME SLIPPED ON A PILE OF ROCKS AND FELL CHIROPRACTOR SAYS HE LANDED ON HIS R KNEE AND SIDE CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK CHRIOPRACTOR REPORTS I NAME SEEN ON 9/25/89

August 7, 1989 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & H Trucking & Construction Inc · Fall down stairs

LIFTING COVER FOR CHAIN DRIVE.CLIMBED UP STAIRS SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS STOMACH.COVER FELL ON HIS BACK.FELL 4'.