Mining Incidents

Horizon Sand & Gravel: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

King County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502757

MSHA record for Horizon Sand & Gravel (mine ID 4502757). 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
1993
Latest incident
Feb 1993
Ownership history
  1. Chapman Sand & Gravel 1980 to 1985
  2. Greenline Gravel 1985 to 1989
  3. Horizon Sand & Gravel 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Horizon Sand & Gravel sits in King County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
King County, Washington · Population 2,262,713
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$122,148
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1993 · 1 incident

February 25, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Horizon Sand & Gravel · Struck by flying object

HOPPER PLUGGED TOOK A BAR & WAS CLEANING SIDES OF HOPPER. ROCK CAME DOWN & HIT BACK OF NECK.