Mining Incidents

Hylebos Pit: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Woodworth John A
Pierce County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4500726

MSHA record for Hylebos Pit (mine ID 4500726). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1985–1993
Latest incident
Apr 1993
Ownership history
  1. Woodworth & Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hylebos 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1993 · 1 incident

April 4, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Woodworth & Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE HOSING OFF WALKWAY AROUND TRAILER CRUSHER A ROCK HIT HIM ON HIS HARD HAT KNOCKING HIM TO HIS KNEES.

1992 · 1 incident

June 24, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woodworth & Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

55061S WORKING ON THE WASH PLANT ADN WAS THROWING A SMALL PIECE OF IRON OFF A CONVEYOR AND HIS BACK SLIPPD OUT.

1991 · 4 incidents

November 14, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woodworth & Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THESE ARE THE EMP0LOYEES WORDS I NAME & I WERE MOVING SOME PORTABLE STEPS I ATTEMPTED TO LIFT ONE END & FELT PAIN IN MY LOWER BACK

October 12, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woodworth & Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS INJ WHILE REMOVING MIXER GATE HE LOST CONTROL OF GATE & IT BROKE LEFT THUMB.

October 11, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Woodworth & Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

HOLDING METAL WHILE HE TACKED INTO PLACE IN SAND CHUTE.

April 30, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Woodworth & Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING A BEARING OFF SHAFT, COME A LONG BROKE AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN SHAFT AND BEARING BLOCK.

1986 · 1 incident

September 15, 1986 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Woodworth & Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAVE HEARING LO8S AFTER 17 1/2 YEARS OF BEING AROUND ROCK CRUSHERS AS OILER AND OPERATOR, DR DOES NOT GIVE % OF LOSS.

1985 · 2 incidents

January 24, 1985 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Woodworth & Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

TRYING TO FIND ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHEN ELECTRICAL DISCONNECT SWITCH ARCED CAUSING A FLASH.

January 24, 1985 WA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management ELECTRICAL
Woodworth & Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

TRYING TO FIND ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHEN ELECTRICAL DISCONNECT SWITCH ARCED CAUSING A FLASH.