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Portable Wash PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by James Hutchinson
Ellensburg, WA, Kittitas County, WA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503330
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002–2021
Latest incident
Jul 2021

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
Ellensburg Cement Products Inc
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WENT UP TO TOP OF CONVEYOR TO ATTACH CHAINS TO MOVE CONVEYOR. CO-WORKER MANUVERED BORROWED EXCAVATOR - WHEN HE HIT SWITCH TO LOCK OUT MACHINE THE BOOM CAME DOWN PINNING EE BETWEEN BUCKET AN D FRAME OF CONVEYOR.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2021 · 1 incident

Ellensburg Cement Products Inc
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IW and the supervisor were changing V-belts on the cyclone pump. The equipment was locked out and tagged out while working on it. IW looked away and caught the left index finger in/between the v-belt and pulley wheel causing a laceration.