Mining Incidents

KJ Sand and Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Romona Heilman
Wapato, Yakima County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503785

KJ Sand and Gravel has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
44
citations
11
significant & substantial
$10,786
proposed penalties
$10,786
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
16
inspections on record
245
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: 245 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KJ Sand and Gravel has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-24.
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 18 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 88 1 0 11363.6
2025 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 3 0
2024 Q4 98 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 159 7 0 44025.2
2024 Q2 161 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 315 1 0 3174.6
2023 Q2 336 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 173 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 411 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 195 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q3 265 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 502 3 2 5976.1
2021 Q1 301 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 310 14 4 45161.3
2020 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 224 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 262 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 218 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 150 5 0 33333.3
2018 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 250 8 5 32000.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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