Mining Incidents

SMITH BARMetal/Nonmetal

Riddle, Douglas County, OR · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3500723
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Jun 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2004 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING TO RIVIER PUMP STEPPING OVER PVC PIPE, FOOT SLIPPED ON PIPE, TWISTING LEFT KNEE.

2001 · 1 incident

Fall from ladders

CLIMBING LADDER, LADDER SLIPPED, EE FELL ABOUT 6'.

2000 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

SHOVELING MATERIAL OUT FROM FEEDER, EUCLID DUMPED MATERIAL INTO FEEDER, EXCESS MATERIAL RAN OVER THE SIDES OF FEEDER HITTING EE. EE TRIED TO ESCAPE IN A CRAWLING POSITION. MATERIAL FELL ON HIS BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING FROM DUCLID ONTO THE LOADER. EE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. THE LOADER STEP WAS WET. HE TRIED TO GRAB A HOLD OF THE LOADER RAIL TO CATCH HIMSELF. PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOU LDER.