Mining Incidents

Sheffield Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Franklin County Road Department · Surface
Controlled by Franklin County-Wa
Franklin County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502399

MSHA record for Sheffield Pit (mine ID 4502399). 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. Franklin County Road Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sheffield Pit sits in Franklin 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.
Franklin County, Washington · Population 97,676
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,755
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

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.