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Portable 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Chilton Logging Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Robin Chilton; Craig Chilton

Chelatchie, Cowlitz County, WA · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 4503806

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2020
Latest incident: Aug 2020

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2020

citations

significant & substantial

$18,652

proposed penalties

$18,652

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	477	0	0.0
2025 Q2	1,144	0	0.0
2024 Q2	766	0	0.0
2023 Q3	449	1	2227.2
2022 Q4	793	0	0.0
2022 Q2	750	0	0.0
2022 Q1	477	0	0.0
2021 Q4	750	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

August 26, 2020 WA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · MACHINERY

Chilton Logging Inc. · Struck by falling object

Miner was in the process of removing wedges on right side of tracked Jaw Feeder. During removal of the last wedge, the panel suddenly fell trapping the miner between the counterweight on excavator and the panel. The weight and force of the panel caused blunt force trauma to the chest and head.