Mining Incidents

North Bend Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
North Bend, King County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503547

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2004–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
100
citations
24
significant & substantial
$23,327
proposed penalties
$23,327
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 3,627 5 0 1378.5
2025 Q3 2,963 1 0 337.5
2025 Q2 3,619 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,228 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,163 6 2 1896.9
2024 Q3 653 4 2 6125.6
2024 Q2 426 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 552 7 1 12681.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2025 · 1 incident

April 29, 2025 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 loader and skidsteer and felt pain in their back. Later was diagnosed with a shoulder strain/tendonitis.

2023 · 3 incidents

August 24, 2023 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
HM Pacific Northwest, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mechanics were performing maintenance on a Cat 375 excavator. The two mechanics set the part on the body of the excavator to adjust the rigging. While unhooking the rigging from the crane, the swivel began to roll off of the side of the excavator and caught the synthetic strap moving it towards the mechanic's hands. The strap caught the employee's finger, bending it backwards.

March 28, 2023 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
HM Pacific Northwest, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Haul truck operator runs over a pot hole and bruises ribs on arm rest of operators seat.

January 5, 2023 WA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cadman Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was welding when a spark/slag became airborne and landed in EE's ear. No internal damage found during clinical observation. Employee was given antibiotics as a precautionary measure.

2021 · 1 incident

January 26, 2021 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Cadman Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Subcontracted haul truck driver found unresponsive, crew, medics and emt's were undable to revive driver. Driver was a subcontract employee of another company so I dont have all the victim information available.

2020 · 1 incident

July 14, 2020 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Cadman Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The injured employee was using a Dingo TX 525 to remove accumulated material beneath a structure. While operating the equipment in reverse, the bucket contacted a vertical steel member. The sudden motion crushed EE's left wrist between the Dingo controls and the diagonal structural steel member. The diagnosis was a strain and contusion of the left wrist; no broken bones.

2015 · 1 incident

February 27, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cadman Inc · Struck against stationary object

A Lead Hand and another miner were replacing a roller on a cross over belt for the screen plant. In order to remove the bolts from the back side of the roller, the Lead Hand knelt down on the under screen belt and instantly felt pain in his right knee. The Lead Hand was taken to the local ER, where he was diagnosed with knee pain and placed in a splint to immobilize his knee.

2012 · 1 incident

July 13, 2012 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cadman Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was hanging the upper guard at the tail wheel section of the uphill conveyor. Another employee had one end of the guard and the IE had the other end. The guard was sitting on the top edge of the lower guard when the IE moved it to put a bold in it when it slipped off the top edge. His finger was in one of the holes and it was cut as the guards slid past each other.

2007 · 1 incident

January 16, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cadman Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pulling strut using his pry bar, pry bar slipped and came back and hit him in the mouth.

2004 · 1 incident

January 23, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cadman Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

After manually lifting 10-20 pieces of steel weighing about 200 lbs, worker felt pain in his lower back.