Mining Incidents

WHETSTONEMetal/Nonmetal

MEDFORD, Jackson County, OR · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503469
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Jul 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLOSING AN INSPECTION LID THE WORKER FORGET TO TAKE HIS PRY BAR OUT OF THE HANDLE. THE BAR STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF THE NECK.

2000 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A SKID STEER LOADER, THE WORKER HIT A BUMP, CAUSING THE LOADER TO BUCK BACK AND FORTH CAUSING A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND NECK.