Mining Incidents

Boulder Hill Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Walt Miles
Oak Harbor, Island County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503481

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2005–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
43
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,290
proposed penalties
$4,290
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 1,409 1 0 709.7
2025 Q2 1,907 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,277 1 0 439.2
2024 Q4 84 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,263 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 242 2 0 8264.5
2023 Q4 654 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

4 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

January 15, 2025 WA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miles Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

Opened the side panel on the loader and was punctured by the edge of the panel or the handle, resulting in a 2.5 cm cut on EE's right hand in between the thumb and first finger. EE needed 3 stitches.

2009 · 1 incident

January 27, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Concrete Nor'West · Struck against a moving object

Injury reported to Safety Mgr. on or around 9/5/08 that his shoulder was sore. He did not receive treatment at that time. No single incident was to blame. He didn't start receiving treatment until January 2009. He notified us on 1/27/09 that he was receiving treatment.

2005 · 1 incident

July 26, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Concrete Nor'West · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was fueling his dump truck at our Boulder Hill pit in Oak Harbor, WA. While fueling, the employee was stung by a bee and passed out.