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Gowel 1, Skamania County, Washington: 7 MSHA citations

Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.

Gowel 1 is an intermittent crushed, broken basalt surface mine in Skamania County, Washington, operated by Gowel LLC with 3 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4503845). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 7 citations and orders there with $1,567 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.

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MSHA mine ID
4503845
Status
Intermittent since June 10, 2026
Main commodity
Crushed, broken basalt
Mine type
Surface
County
Skamania County, Washington
Nearest town
Castle Rock
Operator
Gowel LLC
Employees
3
MSHA field office
Albany Or Field Office
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
7
Significant and substantial
2 (28.6%)
Closure orders
1
High negligence or reckless
0
Proposed penalties
$1,567
Amount paid so far
$1,114
Inspections
3
Inspector hours on site
16
Citations per inspection
2.33 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports
0
Injury and illness cases
0
Fatalities
0
Latest MSHA record
June 29, 2026

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

YearCitations and ordersSignificant and substantialProposed penaltiesInjury and illness cases
202442$1,1140
202630$4530

Standards cited most at Gowel 1

Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.

StandardWhat the part coversCitations
30 CFR 56.14107Surface metal and nonmetal mines2
30 CFR 56.11002Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 56.1000Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 46.5Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines1
30 CFR 56.14206Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 56.14207Surface metal and nonmetal mines1

US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.