Mining Incidents

Crusher #5 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dan E Hooker
Burns, Harney County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503538

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2004–2011
Latest incident
Jul 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
91
citations
22
significant & substantial
$11,665
proposed penalties
$11,409
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 S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 635 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 2 0
2024 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 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

4 on file

2011 · 1 incident

July 20, 2011 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harney Rock & Paving Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner was walking along the crusher to access a breakdown. When he turned around he had stepped on unstable ground causing him to sprain his ankle.

2009 · 1 incident

April 20, 2009 OR · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Harney Rock & Paving Company · Accident type, without injuries

EE was welding side rails on belt. Suspect piece of hot slag went under skirting at feeder hopper end. After welding crew was on site 40 add'l min. cleaning up & no sign of fire. Shift ended 6:45 pm. Slag evidently smoldered & started fire on skirting. EE usually runs belt but since was end of shift, he didn't. Damage consisted of burning up a belt & some rollers on conveyor.

2004 · 2 incidents

April 14, 2004 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harney Rock & Paving Company · Struck against stationary object

Checking water level in radiator on impact lost footing, struck front of face on railing.