Mining Incidents

Mitchell Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Wenatchee, Douglas County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503625

Mitchell Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2009
29
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,195
proposed penalties
$3,195
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
16
inspections on record
255
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: 255 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mitchell Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-27.
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
2020 Q4 205 1 0 4878.0
2020 Q3 213 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 198 1 0 5050.5
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 131 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 263 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 172 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 129 2 1 15503.9
2018 Q3 219 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 147 3 0 20408.2
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 218 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 235 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 171 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 205 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 177 1 0 5649.7
2015 Q3 163 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 129 1 0 7751.9
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 169 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 151 2 0 13245.0
2014 Q2 381 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 141 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 142 4 0 28169.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 162 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 268 2 1 7462.7
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 159 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 153 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 186 1 0 5376.3
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 354 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 185 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 208 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 122 6 2 49180.3
2009 Q4 244 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 349 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 144 5 0 34722.2
2007 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 890 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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