Mining Incidents

Elk Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
SPOKANE, Spokane County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503449

Elk Pit has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2010
Latest incident
Oct 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
40
citations
6
significant & substantial
$56,880
proposed penalties
$13,320
paid to date
23% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $43,560 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
567
inspection hours
n/a
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: 567 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Elk Pit has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 1 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.
$57K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 628 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 588 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 765 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 618 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 499 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 667 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 389 0 0 0.0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 565 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 740 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 537 4 1 7448.8
2023 Q1 278 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 705 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 487 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 482 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 495 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 804 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 880 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 571 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,529 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,026 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,212 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 523 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 993 1 0 1007.0
2019 Q3 1,356 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 432 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 87 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 322 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,404 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,637 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,446 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,852 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,470 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,199 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,121 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,267 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,271 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,690 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,683 2 0 1188.4
2015 Q1 808 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,676 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,659 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,528 3 1 1963.4
2014 Q1 389 1 0 2570.7
2013 Q4 1,760 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,538 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,724 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,724 1 0 580.0
2012 Q3 1,724 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,508 1 0 663.1
2012 Q1 105 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,343 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,518 1 0 658.8
2011 Q2 1,148 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 116 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 781 4 3 5121.6
2010 Q3 1,158 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,614 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,263 3 1 1325.7
2009 Q3 2,192 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,389 2 0 1439.9
2009 Q1 136 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,781 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,473 1 0 287.9
2008 Q2 2,486 2 0 804.5
2008 Q1 1,582 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,744 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,352 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,714 1 0 269.3
2007 Q1 2,814 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,333 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,424 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,343 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,216 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,475 3 0 2033.9
2005 Q3 1,521 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,674 1 0 597.4
2005 Q1 1,342 3 0 2235.5
2004 Q4 2,107 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,541 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,033 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,086 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,899 1 0 526.6
2003 Q3 1,962 3 0 1529.1
2003 Q2 1,983 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,401 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,763 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,854 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,103 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,913 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,519 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,584 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,719 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,784 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,503 2 0 570.9
2000 Q2 2,600 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2010 · 1 incident

October 12, 2010 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Spokane Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

OPERATING WITH THE GUARD DOOR OPEN, GLOVE GOT CAUGHT AND PULLED RIGHT ARM IN. CAUSED AMPUTATION.

2007 · 1 incident

November 28, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Spokane Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Changing cutting edges on loader and the bolt slipped and cut finger.

2001 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Elk Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.