Mining Incidents

Oakville PitMetal/Nonmetal

Oakville, Grays Harbor County, WA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503279
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2012
Latest incident
May 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

Excavator operator was stepping out of his excavator and missed the handhold while climbing off of his machine. Operator has a smashed ACL in his knee and two broken ribs. His knee was injured when he missed the handhold and fell to the ground landing on his feet. His ribs were cracked when he stumbled forward and fell on the track of the machine.

2009 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Customer came into the mine site to buy a load of rock and had a heart attack.

2002 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

ROCK CHIP FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE OPERATING BACKHOE WITH THE WINDOW OPEN

2001 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

FEEDING CRUSHER WITH BAR. CRUSHER GOT PLUGGED WITH LARGE ROCK. CLIMBED ONTO CRUSHER-MANUALLY LONER A LAYER TOOTH WELDED TO A CHAIN INTO THROAT OF JAW WHICH ASSISTS IN CRUSHING OVERSIZE. BONLDN ESS. MANUALLY LONERING AND RAISING TOOTH WITH CHAIN TO UNPLUG CRUSHER ONT HE PROCESS PULLING TRAINING ABDOMINAL MUSCLE.