Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER NO. 1Metal/Nonmetal

Olson & Taylor Inc · Facility
Controlled by Donald Taylor
Snohomish County, WA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503106
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Jun 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING A PIN ON THE FLYWHEELOF JAW WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF THEHAMMER & ENTERED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB& FOREFINGER. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE X-RAYS WERE TAKEN. HE RETURNED THE NEXT DAY TO HAVE THE METAL REMOVED FROM HIS HAND.

2000 · 4 incidents

Struck against stationary object

THE EE WAS WALKING IN THE PIT WHEN HE STUMBLED ON A ROCK AND JARRED HIS LOWER BACK. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION WITH A CHIROPRACTOR ON 6/26/00. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON 6/27/00 FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN. HE IS GOING THROUGH A SERIES OF TREATMENTS WITH A CHIROPRACTOR.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL WHEN THE SHOVEL HIT A ROCK AND JAMMED HIS RIGHT ARM. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER HE REPORTED IT TO THE FOREMAN, THE FOREMAN TO OK HIM TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. HE WAS TOLD TO STAY OFF WORK FOR 7 DAYS AND TO FOLLOW UP TREATMENT WITH HIS PHYSICIAN.

Struck by concussion

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES IN JUMP STARTING A DUMP TRUCK; IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CONNECTION WAS MADE TO THE BATTERY, IT EX- PLODED. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AT HOSPITAL FOR HEARING LOSS IN HIS LEFT EAR--REFERRED TO ANENT.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OUR CREW WAS RELINING THE STD. CONE. EE WAS HOLDING A BAR FOR A COWORKER TO HIT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. EE WAS NOT STANDING BACK FAR ENOUGH & GOT IN THE LINE OF THE COWORKER'S SWING. EE WAS HIT BY THE SLEDGE HAMMER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.