Mining Incidents

Wenatchee Silica Sand Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Pacific Silica Company · Surface
Controlled by Hemphill Brothers Inc
Chelan County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502579

MSHA record for Wenatchee Silica Sand Quarry (mine ID 4502579). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Pacific Silica Company 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wenatchee Silica Sand Quarry 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 reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.