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LaCrosse Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Pre-Mix Inc N.W. · Surface

Controlled by Frank J Motley

LaCrosse, Whitman County, WA · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 4503546

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2003–2004
Latest incident: Nov 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2003

citations

significant & substantial

$3,875

proposed penalties

$3,875

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	520	0.0
2025 Q3	833	0.0
2025 Q2	717	0.0
2024 Q4	0
2024 Q3	0
2023 Q2	516	0.0
2022 Q3	40	0.0
2020 Q2	101	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

2 on file

2004 · 1 incident

November 10, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Pre-Mix Inc N.W. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee closed the door of the loader with his hand in it.

2003 · 1 incident

July 21, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE

Pre-Mix Inc N.W. · Accident type, without injuries

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS INCIDENT WERE SOLELY DUE TO THE HORIZONTAL EXHAUST ON THE OFF-ROAD VEHICLE. THE OFF-ROAD TRUCK APPARENTLY BACKFIRED AND IGNITED A HILLSIDE OF DRY SAGEBRUSH. SINCE THE INCIDENT THE EXHAUST HAS BEEN REDIRECTED TO ESCAPE VERTICALLY UPWARD VS. HORIZONTALLY.