Mining Incidents

Waldrick Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Emerick Milton N Jr
Thurston County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503096

MSHA record for Waldrick Pit (mine ID 4503096). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. Fairview Sand & Gravel Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Waldrick Pit sits in Thurston 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.
Thurston County, Washington · Population 296,640
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$93,985
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

1989 · 1 incident

September 22, 1989 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairview Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING DEBRIS FROM SCREEN BEFORE STARTING PLANT.STRUCK LEFT KNEE CAP ON TOP FLANGE OF SCREEN BOX.