Mining Incidents

Iron Mountain QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Bothell, Snohomish County, WA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503175
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
2001–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Haul truck driver got out of truck to track a conveyor belt was using a hammer to hit return roller bracket got EE's hand sucked through return roller. Lost fingernail & scraped up hand was result.

2019 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Assisting mechanic repairing haul truck. Loosening a bolt, slipped, and cut right index finger. Three stitches required.

2018 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Employee was handling a 4x4 dunnage and got a wood splinter in the palm of right hand. Employee pulled out splinter, but may not have gotten the entire splinter out. A week later employee went to doctor with what appears to be an infection the area.

Struck by flying object

We had a hose failure outside the back of the cab of our DM45 drill that broke out corner of cab window and sent some small glass fragments into the right cheek area and left forearm of the drill operator.

2017 · 3 incidents

Struck by flying object

The individual was using a track drill on some boulders to make room for our new tunnel and while drilling was struck on the ankle/heel with a rock from drilling area.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Cone feed belt was jammed so EE removed the guard after locking out and EE dug the rocks out of the tail pulley. It freed the stuck belt up and it rolled backwards catching EE's pry bar and EE's right hand.

Fall from machine

Individual was exiting cab of P&H crane and caught right foot in the process of climbing down and then fell to the ground.

2016 · 3 incidents

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Individual was a mechanic that was trying to loosen a nut on piece of equipment and EE's forefinger got between hammer and wrench causing injury.

Fall onto or against objects

Individual was fueling up D8 Dozer and finished fueling and was climbing down from dozer with fuel hose in hand and slipped and fell.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving GMC fuel truck down haul road when cab locking mechanism failed and cab tilted forward and hit the ground while moving and driver used brakes to stop truck. Driver was wearing seatbelt.

2015 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Conditions were clear & cold w/below freezing temps @27 degrees. Subject reached overhead to pull slack out of come-a-long and his footing slipped and fell backwards with hard hat falling off. As come-a-long came unattached hitting subject in head.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was working overhead with a grinder & welder. Debris from grinding on forehead and when individual stood up, it worked it's way into subject's eyes behind his safety glasses.

2014 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

EE was installing new screens on screen #5 and reached out to grab a new screen and his feet slipped and his mid section landed against the spray bar.

2010 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Doing belt work cutting with a box knife.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Rock falling from elevated area struck miner below.

2005 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Cut finger on rock when snapping a shot.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was drilling short holes; centralizer latch popped out of place so driller kicked it back into place with the heel of his left foot, resulting in a torn Achilles tendon.

2004 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

Thw worker was washing the truck scale after starting the power washer he climbed over to the side of the scale and fell to the ground.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A COMEALONG TO PUT IN A RETURN ROLLER. COMEALONG SLIPPED AND HIT EE IN THE NOSE.