Mining Incidents

Hallers PitMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Richard Hurworth
port Angeles, Clallam County, WA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4501923
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002–2013
Latest incident
Jun 2013
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Truck was loaded at pit. Driver was leaving pit and though truck was in lower gear. Tried to down shift and could not. Applied brakes but was not able to get back in gear. Picked up too much speed so she steered into bank. Truck and trailer flipped into irrigation ditch.

2002 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING A METAL CONVEYOR STAND, EE LOST CONTROL OF THE STAND, PINCHING HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE STAND AND THE FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR. THE RESULT WAS THE BREAKING OF THE LAST BONE IN HIS LEFT THUMB.