Mining Incidents

Kalama Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Castle Rock, Cowlitz County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503460

Kalama Quarry has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2016–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
161
citations
36
significant & substantial
$77,517
proposed penalties
$70,404
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,113 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
61
inspections on record
1,175
inspection hours
13.7
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.
161 citations across 1,175 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kalama Quarry has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13 outstanding across 5 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.
$78K
proposed penalties
$70K
current assessed
$70K
paid to date
$13
outstanding
156 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-19.
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 Q1 2,943 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,251 3 1 705.7
2024 Q3 4,000 13 2 3250.0
2024 Q2 3,073 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,082 4 0 1297.9
2023 Q4 3,416 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,256 5 0 1535.6
2023 Q2 3,767 0 0 0.0
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 3,259 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,643 11 2 3019.5
2022 Q3 3,821 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,931 3 1 1023.5
2022 Q1 2,731 8 0 2929.3
2021 Q4 2,555 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,521 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,295 2 0 871.5
2021 Q1 2,479 3 0 1210.2
2020 Q4 3,306 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,392 10 2 2948.1
2020 Q2 2,958 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,668 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,562 3 0 1171.0
2019 Q3 2,865 7 3 2443.3
2019 Q2 2,812 1 0 355.6
2019 Q1 2,519 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,719 3 0 1103.3
2018 Q3 2,795 8 1 2862.3
2018 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 919 19 7 20674.6
2017 Q4 3,682 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,320 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,606 1 0 217.1
2016 Q4 3,870 6 4 1550.4
2016 Q3 3,705 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,120 2 0 390.6
2015 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,392 6 3 4310.3
2015 Q2 713 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 545 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 760 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 455 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 804 3 0 3731.3
2014 Q1 1,299 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 615 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 582 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 705 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 775 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,552 3 2 844.6
2012 Q3 1,438 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,086 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,158 4 2 3454.2
2011 Q4 1,530 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,379 2 0 1450.3
2011 Q2 943 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 103 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,331 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,178 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,012 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,951 2 0 1025.1
2009 Q3 1,762 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,931 1 0 517.9
2009 Q1 1,601 4 2 2498.4
2008 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 555 3 1 5405.4
2008 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 2 0 2000000.0
2007 Q4 1,741 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,657 4 0 2414.0
2007 Q2 1,377 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,322 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 488 1 0 2049.2
2006 Q2 283 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 807 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,365 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,150 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,205 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,544 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,042 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,220 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,792 2 0 1116.1
2004 Q1 1,275 1 0 784.3
2003 Q4 1,535 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,709 5 2 2925.7
2003 Q2 1,748 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,364 5 1 2115.1
2002 Q4 1,954 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,726 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 333 1 0 3003.0
2002 Q1 2,033 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,565 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,177 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 552 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2024 · 1 incident

January 25, 2024 WA · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman MACHINERY
Harold Sorensen Trucking Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was setting the landing pad for leveling jacks on the crusher. Making sure jack was lined up with others. As the hydraulic jacks went up a 4 foot piece of angle iron, that had been leaned up against the crusher, slid off the frame and smashed EE's thumb against the guard on the jack. Crew member had 4 stitches in thumb.

2019 · 2 incidents

July 25, 2019 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Harold Sorensen Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

Commercial Truck Driver lost control of the vehicle on the 23% grade road. Driver ran the truck into the berm at the bottom of the hill. The driver injured EE's sternum and the truck is damaged.

June 4, 2019 WA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Harold Sorensen Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

Driver said pickup popped out of gear coming loaded downhill. No marks from trailer brakes. Lost control and loaded trailer came off pickup. Trailer rolled once staying on road. Pick up rolled and went over embankment landing on its top.

2018 · 1 incident

September 5, 2018 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Harold Sorensen Trucking Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

bee sting, also stung at 3:00 pm hot weather no damage, no injury, no medical treatment, no first aid employee continued on as normal

2016 · 2 incidents

October 22, 2016 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Harold Sorensen Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

Brake failure on truck. 13% downhill grade from stockpile to scales

October 22, 2016 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Harold Sorensen Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

Brake failure on truck. 13 percent downhill grade from stockpile to scales. *Per question #20 person was thrown from truck.*

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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.