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Whidbey Island Highway #20 Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by M J Mc Intyre
Island County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502243

Whidbey Island Highway #20 Pit 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
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. Concrete Nor'West Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 2
1989 1
1988 1
1987 1
1986 1
1985 1
1984 1
1983 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Whidbey Island Highway #20 Pit sits in Island 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.
Island County, Washington · Population 86,747
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$88,358
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

May 14, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Concrete Nor'West Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PULLING SHAFT OUT OF HYDRAULIC CYLINDER. SHAFT HIT HIM AND PUSHED HIM BACKWARDS AND HIT HIS SIDE ON MACHINE.