Mining Incidents

Granite Falls Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Granite Falls, Snohomish County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503424

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2019
Latest incident
Apr 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
177
citations
28
significant & substantial
$60,956
proposed penalties
$57,643
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 2,090 9 0 4306.2
2025 Q3 1,416 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 536 5 1 9328.4
2025 Q1 2,196 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,569 8 1 5098.8
2024 Q3 5,589 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,228 3 0 573.8
2024 Q1 4,308 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

5 on file

2019 · 1 incident

April 19, 2019 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
HM Pacific Northwest, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a skid steer at the tailings pile when ee ran over a 4x8 rock causing the skid steer to lurch, jarring back.

2018 · 1 incident

May 7, 2018 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HM Pacific Northwest, Inc. · Fall from machine

Grease on handrail, causing employee to slip and fall. Broken wrist.

2008 · 1 incident

July 10, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rinker Materials · Struck by falling object

Smashed 4th digit on right hand inserting a lifting pin into lifting hole on concrete catch basin

2000 · 2 incidents

September 12, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Csr Associated · Struck by falling object

WHILE PRYING WITH PRY BAR AT THE 4X8" CHUTE, UNLOADING ROCK FROM THE CHUTE, ANOTHER ROCK HIT BARTHEN HIT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT WRIST.

July 19, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Csr Associated · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADER OPERATOR EXITED LOADER TO ASSIST TRUCK DRIVER WITH ROCK STUCK IN TAILGATE. LOADER OPERATOR USED HANDS TO LIFT TAILGATE WHEN ROCK CLEARED TAILGATE WAS HEAVIER THAN ANTICIPATED. OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO HOLD WEIGHT AND TAILGATE SLIPPED FROM GRASP, PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN TAILGATE AND DUMP BOX.