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Wash Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Action Materials · Surface

Controlled by Wade Matson

Cheney, Spokane County, WA  ·  Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4503669

Wash Plant #1 has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

2

Years on record

2017–2018

Latest incident

Feb 2018

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2010

72

citations

14

significant & substantial

$16,797

proposed penalties

$16,797

paid to date

100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2010

32

inspections on record

621

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: 621 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wash Plant #1 has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$17K

proposed penalties

$17K

current assessed

$17K

paid to date

$0

outstanding

71 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-30.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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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
2025 Q4	2,282	1	0	438.2
2025 Q3	2,535	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	1,354	2	0	1477.1
2025 Q1	1,945	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	2,208	2	0	905.8
2024 Q3	2,456	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	1,686	2	0	1186.2
2024 Q1	1,942	6	0	3089.6

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	1,610	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	3,432	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	1,793	5	3	2788.6
2023 Q1	935	1	0	1069.5
2022 Q4	1,565	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	3,319	1	0	301.3
2022 Q2	8,418	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	4,700	4	0	851.1
2021 Q4	5,908	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	3,024	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	5,000	2	1	400.0
2021 Q1	5,912	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	7,017	4	1	570.0
2020 Q3	7,364	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	6,019	2	0	332.3
2020 Q1	4,197	3	1	714.8
2019 Q4	4,743	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	5,509	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	5,598	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	3,834	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	5,208	2	0	384.0
2018 Q3	6,258	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	4,325	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	3,482	3	1	861.6
2017 Q4	4,265	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	3,093	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	3,098	5	2	1613.9
2017 Q1	1,819	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	3,037	3	0	987.8
2016 Q3	2,978	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	3,124	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	1,063	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	2,567	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	3,213	6	2	1867.4
2015 Q2	2,714	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	2,510	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	2,935	2	0	681.4
2014 Q2	2,674	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	1,056	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	2,739	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	2,573	3	0	1166.0
2012 Q4	2,269	2	0	881.4
2012 Q3	2,517	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	2,293	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	0	0	0
2011 Q4	1,289	1	0	775.8
2011 Q3	2,553	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	4,071	5	1	1228.2
2011 Q1	0	0	0
2010 Q4	480	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	1,056	5	2	4734.8
2010 Q2	1,440	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	970	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	950	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	1,105	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2018 · 1 incident

February 9, 2018 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Action Materials · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Two miners were replacing the drive belts on feeder when one of the miners got hand pinched between the belt and pulley, resulting in the tip of finger being amputated.

2017 · 1 incident

April 14, 2017 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Action Materials · Contact with hot objects or substances

Two miners were installing a new gear onto a shaft on the Rolls Crusher. An unplanned ignition of propane gas occurred when they were heating the new gear with a propane grill and cooling the shaft with liquid propane. The propane contacted the grill flame and a fire occurred. Employee received burns to employee's face and neck.

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