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Two Rivers Sand & Gravel Pit: 157 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Barbara Dickinson
Chelan, Chelan County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503007

Two Rivers Sand & Gravel Pit has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
157
citations
33
significant & substantial
$29,919
proposed penalties
$23,598
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,321 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Two Rivers Sand & Gravel, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
43
inspections on record
871
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: 871 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Two Rivers Sand & Gravel Pit has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 3 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.
$30K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
156 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
21.2%
significant & substantial
3.2%
high negligence or reckless
21.8%
reasonably likely or greater
51.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.9% low, 85.9% moderate, 3.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
34 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Settled 33 · 97%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 3%
60%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $6K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2023-09-14.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2012-571M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $5K → $1K
WEST 2023-0090 Settlement Simonton 2024 $5K → $4K
WEST 2023-0086 Default 2023 $133 → $133
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2023-11-15
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.39 0.26 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.38 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.97 0.48 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.46 0.57 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Two Rivers Sand & Gravel, Inc. 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 4
2023 4
2022 2
2021 2
2020 1
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 3
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Two Rivers Sand & Gravel Pit sits in Chelan County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Chelan County, Washington · Population 79,518
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$78,306
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
2026 Q2 3,302 3 1 908.5
2026 Q1 923 4 0 4333.7
2025 Q4 1,801 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,376 1 0 420.9
2025 Q2 2,622 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,419 8 1 5637.8
2024 Q3 3,515 0 0 0.0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,707 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 1,541 3 0 1946.8
2023 Q3 2,598 3 0 1154.7
2023 Q2 2,492 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 605 1 0 1652.9
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 481 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 421 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 484 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q3 439 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 428 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 452 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 688 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 436 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 394 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 415 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 572 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 398 7 1 17587.9
2017 Q3 427 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 487 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 554 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 430 1 0 2325.6
2016 Q2 432 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 406 2 0 4926.1
2015 Q3 423 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 421 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 206 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 461 3 0 6507.6
2014 Q3 418 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 421 2 0 4750.6
2014 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 554 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 690 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 575 2 0 3478.3
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 551 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 597 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 623 4 1 6420.5
2012 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 660 2 0 3030.3
2011 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 552 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 614 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 995 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 570 4 3 7017.5
2009 Q3 689 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 751 7 0 9320.9
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 630 12 2 19047.6
2008 Q2 466 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 595 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 642 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 482 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 397 2 1 5037.8
2006 Q3 628 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 452 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 618 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 669 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 648 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 609 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 629 2 0 3179.7
2004 Q2 689 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 597 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 672 10 0 14881.0
2003 Q2 710 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 533 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 696 2 1 2873.6
2002 Q2 717 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 127 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 579 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 718 18 11 25069.6
2001 Q2 755 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 672 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 718 8 2 11142.1
2000 Q2 758 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

November 15, 2011 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Two Rivers Sand & Gravel, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Death from natural causes (heart attack).

1990 · 1 incident

October 31, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Two Rivers Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE REACHED INSIDE A MOVING 30" CONVEYOR BELT JUST BEHIND THE HEAD PULLEY TO REMOVE SOME BUILT-UP MATERIAL. HE HAD A 12" PIECE OF ANGLE IRON IN HIS HAND. HIS ARM AND HAND WAS PULLED AROUN D THE PULLEY. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE ANGLE IRON WAS STILL IN HIS HAD WHEN IT WENT AROUND THE PULLEY.