Mining Incidents

Rainier Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Rainier Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Steve C Pausheck
BUCKLEY, Pierce County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503068

MSHA record for Rainier Mine (mine ID 4503068). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Rainier Gravel 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rainier Mine 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.
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
2001 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,050 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10 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.