← Back to search

Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

LHC Incorporated · Surface

Controlled by Roger L Claridge

Kalispell, Flathead County, MT · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2401964

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Wash Plant.

Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2003–2016
Latest incident: Dec 2016

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$39,448

proposed penalties

$28,600

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
2019 Q1	0	0
2018 Q4	94	2	21276.6
2018 Q3	72	3	41666.7
2018 Q1	0	0
2017 Q4	982	0	0.0
2017 Q3	1,938	0	0.0
2017 Q2	1,592	1	628.1
2017 Q1	335	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

3 on file

2016 · 1 incident

December 1, 2016 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

LHC Incorporated · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I entered the machine, and my left foot pressed down on a foot control, which raise the bucket up into the air. As bucket lifted, it caught right arm and lifted me into the air. I was holding onto a side bar with my left hand, and when the bucket lifted it raised my whole body, and my left arm got pinched between the ROPS and the boom cross member.

2006 · 1 incident

March 1, 2006 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

LHC Incorporated · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

After viewing the material moving on infeed conveyor, he turned; right hand glove snagged by trough roller sucking right hand between roller and conveyor belt. The plant was in a test run after reconfiguring plant setup. There were no roller guards on that portion of the infeed conveyor. Damage to employee's hand was bruising. He was able to remove hand immediately.

2003 · 1 incident

April 17, 2003 MT · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND

LHC Incorporated · No Value Found

WHILE REMOVING CONVEYOR SAND SPILLAGE AROUND TAIL PULLEYS, EE'S LEFT ARM WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN UNI-LOADER CAB & BUCKET.