citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 738 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Canyon Resources has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $695 in penalties contested before the Commission, $633 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 43%
Stood as issued
4 · 57%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
9%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$695 proposed, $633 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-08-12.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2024-10-17
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-10-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-10-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2024-10-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-05-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.71
0.24
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-05-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-10-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-31
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.97
Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2015-05-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2015-05-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Pump, Slurry Mix Operator
2012-10-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-12-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.55
0.64
0.86
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-12-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
1.33
0.23
Truck Driver
2004-12-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.28
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Canyon Resources recorded 19.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
19.00
total case rate
19.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.92 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
19.00
19.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
7.45
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
7.89
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
9
2025
9
2024
12
2023
12
2022
11
2021
10
2020
10
2019
12
2018
12
2017
13
2016
14
2015
11
2014
8
2013
9
2012
9
2011
12
2010
7
2009
8
2008
11
2007
11
2006
14
2005
10
2004
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Canyon Resources 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
2026 Q2
4,481
1
0
223.2
2026 Q1
5,193
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
4,623
1
0
216.3
2025 Q3
5,304
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
5,425
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
5,696
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
6,478
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
6,748
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
6,748
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
6,777
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
6,499
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
7,983
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
6,406
1
0
156.1
2023 Q1
5,963
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
6,008
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,394
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,632
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
5,386
3
0
557.0
2021 Q4
6,014
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
4,691
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
4,978
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
4,232
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
5,576
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
4,593
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
4,765
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5,740
1
0
174.2
2019 Q4
5,487
12
5
2187.0
2019 Q3
5,385
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
7,154
1
0
139.8
2019 Q1
6,164
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
6,223
2
0
321.4
2018 Q3
6,781
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
5,637
1
0
177.4
2018 Q1
6,714
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
6,298
1
0
158.8
2017 Q3
6,852
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,941
1
0
168.3
2017 Q1
7,007
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
9,370
1
0
106.7
2016 Q3
7,429
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,918
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
5,609
1
1
178.3
2015 Q4
5,941
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,793
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
5,616
2
0
356.1
2015 Q1
5,718
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,956
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,149
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,993
2
1
500.9
2014 Q1
3,522
1
0
283.9
2013 Q4
3,289
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,142
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,742
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
4,332
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,117
1
0
242.9
2012 Q3
4,203
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,975
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
5,004
2
1
399.7
2011 Q4
5,256
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,596
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,683
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
5,217
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
4,068
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
3,148
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
3,862
2
0
517.9
2010 Q1
3,405
1
0
293.7
2009 Q4
3,485
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,573
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
4,641
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
4,195
1
0
238.4
2008 Q4
4,459
2
0
448.5
2008 Q3
6,325
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,025
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5,214
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
5,110
1
0
195.7
2007 Q3
4,967
1
0
201.3
2007 Q2
5,983
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,452
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,253
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
6,210
2
1
322.1
2006 Q2
6,332
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,149
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,138
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
3,745
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,153
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,204
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,576
8
0
2237.1
2004 Q3
4,585
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,742
5
0
1336.2
2004 Q1
1,518
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2025 · 2 incidents
November 18, 2025WA · Metal/Non-Metaldry screening plant operator, screen house operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was adjusting the press when EE stepped back and slipped, falling to the ground. EE injured EE's ankle, knee and back and was put on light duty. Diagnosis pending.
April 9, 2025WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner was working to free a motor that appeared seized. The pipe wrench being used to spin the sprocket broke loose, smashing the Miners right ring finger. Laceration was vertical from the front of the finger, over the top and down the back side. The miners fingernail was removed and 7 stitches were used.
2016 · 1 incident
September 14, 2016WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaster mechanic, foreman, supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner was walking on wet concrete surface when he slipped and landed flat on his back. Resulted in Buttock Contusion/ sprain. X-ray taken and miner was put on light duty until X-ray could be reviewed. X-ray was negative and worker was returned to job of injury.
Miner was doing maintenance work and decided to assist another miner to move a Lower concave ring. The injured miner placed the end of a 6' pry bar onto a hole in the concave ring. As he attempted to move the ring, the bar slipped and the miner fell to the ground spraining his right ankle.
2009 · 1 incident
July 30, 2009WA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Two miners were installing a control center cover. One miner accidentally allowed the cover to slip and that pinched the other miners left index finger between the cover and the machine. This caused a laceration which required stitches.
2008 · 1 incident
April 15, 2008WA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Operator complained of pain in left shoulder. Operator stated that condition was ongoing for some time. The operator asked that he run a different piece of equipment to relieve the symtoms and we complied with his wishes.
2007 · 1 incident
January 18, 2007WA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON