Mining Incidents

Ellensburg Cement Products Inc operator

Controlled by James Hutchinson
MSHA operator ID: L01856
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
61
Mines on record
4
Years on record
1987–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
202
citations
32
significant & substantial
$54,237
proposed penalties
$49,326
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,911 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
160
inspections on record
2,160
inspection hours
9.4
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.
202 citations across 2,160 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$54K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
196 assessments are final orders; 30 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
1
2024
2
2022
1
2021
1
2020
1
2019
1
2018
1
2017
1
2016
2
2014
2
2013
3
2011
2
2010
1
2008
1
2005
1
2002
2 (1f)
2001
1
2000
1
1999
1
1998
2
1997
6
1996
4
1995
1
1994
1
1993
3
1992
4
1991
1
1990
4
1989
6
1988
2
1987
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
October 17, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Ellensburg Cement Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WENT UP TO TOP OF CONVEYOR TO ATTACH CHAINS TO MOVE CONVEYOR. CO-WORKER MANUVERED BORROWED EXCAVATOR - WHEN HE HIT SWITCH TO LOCK OUT MACHINE THE BOOM CAME DOWN PINNING EE BETWEEN BUCKET AN D FRAME OF CONVEYOR.

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