Mining Incidents

West Bear Rock QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Robert A Hadley
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402556
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2010–2013
Latest incident
Jul 2013
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was picking stone, foot slipped and he fell on right side.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee running excavator, swarm of bees came into cab, was stung by bee, jumped out of cab, landed on feet and twisted right knee.

2011 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While chiseling stone, a piece of metal chipped off chisel and embedded a metal fragment in arm.

Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

Employee was splitting rock on stone splitter. Had hand on top of rock, hit the table tooth reset lever to bounced the table up and pinched fingers in between the rock and splitter teeth. Caused lacerations and fingertip fracture to right middle and index finger.

2010 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

While lifting and throwing rock into bins for trash, strained back.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was feeding stone onto conveyer into saw. Smashed fingers between rock and saw door, causing laceration to right middle and ring fingers. Required stitches.