Friend & Rikalo Inc · Flash burns (electric)
WIRING 166 AMP BREAKER CROSSED WIRES CAUSING FLASH BURN TO FACE.
Portable Crusher #1: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Friend & Rikalo Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
John D Friend
Grays Harbor County,
WA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502614
Portable Crusher #1 has had no fatalities among 6 reportable incidents since 1991.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1991–1993
- Latest incident
- Dec 1993
Ownership history
- Friend & Rikalo Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 |
| 1995 | 7 |
| 1994 | 2 |
| 1993 | 7 |
| 1992 | 5 |
| 1991 | 8 |
| 1990 | 10 |
| 1989 | 5 |
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1987 | 12 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Portable Crusher #1 sits in Grays Harbor County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Grays Harbor County, Washington · Population 76,397
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$63,539
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1993 · 3 incidents
Friend & Rikalo Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STUCK FINGE RIN WELDER RADIATOR FAN.
March 27, 1993
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Friend & Rikalo Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING TRUCK TIRE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
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1992 · 2 incidents
Friend & Rikalo Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
GRINDING A SMALL PIECE OF METAL WHEN PINCHED LEFT FINGER IN GRINDING WHEEL CAUSING END OF FINGER TO BE INJURED THEREBY LOSING TWO DAYS OF WORK. HAD MEDICAL TREATMENT.
May 7, 1992
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Friend & Rikalo Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BLOCKS ON 54 CONE CRUSHER WHEN A 12" X 12" X 60" BLOCK ROLLED OVER RIGHT WRIST. SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 7-3-92 FOUND OUT RIGHT WRIST HAD BONE CHIPS.
1991 · 1 incident
August 9, 1991
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Friend & Rikalo Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING ANVILS IN AND OUT OF CRUSHER LOWER BACK WENT OUT.