Mining Incidents

Wa Portable #1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc
Cowlitz County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503230

Wa Portable #1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Kiewit Construction Company 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1992 8
1991 13
1990 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Wa Portable #1 sits in Cowlitz County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Cowlitz County, Washington · Population 111,539
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,932
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

September 22, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kiewit Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL REMOVING LIFTING HOOK REACHING UNDERNEATH CONVEYOR WHEN IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT ARM.