Mining Incidents

Wenatchee Silica Products Inc: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Asamera Resources Inc
Chelan County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4500822

MSHA record for Wenatchee Silica Products Inc (mine ID 4500822). 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
1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Ownership history
  1. Wenatchee Silica Products Inc 1950 to 1984
  2. Asamera Minerals (Us) Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wenatchee Silica Products Inc 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

July 9, 1984 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wenatchee Silica Products Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL SPRAYED STARTING FLUID IN MOTOR TO GET IT STARTED AND ON WAY BACK TO CAB LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO GROUND-6\ HURTING LEFT LEG.