Mining Incidents

Airway Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Spokane, Spokane County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503384

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2017
Latest incident
Oct 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
44
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,869
proposed penalties
$3,869
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 582 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 865 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 965 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 892 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 890 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2017 · 1 incident

October 24, 2017 WA · Metal/Non-Metal washer operator, sizing operator MACHINERY
Spokane Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE acted against policy/training by leaning a ladder against running screen box to clean the screens. EE began to descend ladder when it began to slide. EE reached out with left hand to steady ladder, contacting flywheel of screen box, resulting in injury. EE returned to full duty on 10/30/17, retrained on proper way to clean screens, fall protection and lock out/tag out procedure.

2004 · 2 incidents

October 1, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Spokane Rock Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

USING CHOP SAW TO CUT A PIECE OF KEY WAY STOCK. WHEN BROKE OFF KEY WAY, SHARP EDGE CAUGHT RIGHT PINKIE AND TORE OFF NAIL AND RIPPED END OF FINGER.

March 24, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Spokane Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STACKING 4 X 4 STEEL TUBING, CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON SHARP EDGE WHILE WEARING GLOVES.

2003 · 2 incidents

May 29, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STRIKING OR BUMPING
Spokane Rock Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

A MINER DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD WHILE GETTING INTO CAB OF MIXER TRUCK. HAD HIS HARD HAT ON & FORGOT TO DUCK WHEN GETTING IN CAB. TWEAKED NECK AS THE DAY PROGRESSED HIS NECK GOT STIFFER. HE SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC MEDICAL ATTENTION ON THE 30TH DAY OF MAY AT THE END OF SHIFT.

February 11, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Spokane Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LOWER BACK STRAIN CAUSED BY LIFTING HEAVY OBJECTS OVER TIME WITHOUT ASKING FOR HELP. CHANGING SCREENS ON WASH PLANT IN ODD POSITIONS AND ALWAYS BEING BENT OVER LIFTING & TWISTING.

2001 · 1 incident

July 2, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Spokane Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A ROCK WEDGED BETWEEN BELT AND CONVEYER USING A SMALL PRY BAR. THE BAR LOST ITS BIT ON ROCK AND SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS HITTING HIM IN THE CHIN. HAD SMALL CUT ON RIGHT C HIN NEEDING 4 STITCHES. RETURNED TO WORK TO FINISH THE DAY OUT.