Mining Incidents

McEwan Prairie Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Walt Miles
Shelton, Mason County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503594

McEwan Prairie Pit has $2K 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 2006
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,836
proposed penalties
$1,836
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
27
inspections on record
291
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: 291 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

McEwan Prairie Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-08.
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 1,832 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,101 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,690 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,912 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,790 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,848 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,848 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,787 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,786 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,942 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,814 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,014 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,839 2 0 1087.5
2022 Q3 3,670 1 0 272.5
2022 Q2 3,710 3 0 808.6
2022 Q1 3,640 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,696 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,840 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,290 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,817 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 403 2 0 4962.8
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 184 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 16 1 0 62500.0
2019 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 768 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 515 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 196 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 78 2 0 25641.0
2017 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q4 464 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 856 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 305 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 604 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 161 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 681 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 504 2 1 3968.3
2009 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 118 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 472 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 512 1 0 1953.1
2007 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 475 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 320 1 0 3125.0
2006 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,136 1 0 880.3
2006 Q1 1,160 0 0 0.0

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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