Mining Incidents

CANYON PIT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Walt Miles
Pierce County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4500587

MSHA record for CANYON PIT (mine ID 4500587). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Canyon Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to 1996
  2. Miles Sand & Gravel Co Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CANYON PIT sits in Pierce 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.
Pierce County, Washington · Population 924,106
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$96,632
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 153 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 561 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,454 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 753 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

July 28, 1989 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Canyon Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

DROPPED PIECE OF STEEL ON FOOT WHILE CHANGING CUTTING EDG EON 980 LOADER.