Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher B Metal/Non-Metal

Aggregates West Inc · Surface
Controlled by David Grainger
Everson, Whatcom County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503376

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
102
citations
20
significant & substantial
$28,255
proposed penalties
$15,691
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 1,816 3 0 1652.0
2014 Q3 1,394 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,349 3 2 2223.9
2014 Q1 1,269 3 0 2364.1
2013 Q4 1,617 1 0 618.4
2013 Q3 1,484 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,662 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,004 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 1 incident

October 25, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Aggregates West Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was shoveling around a crusher feed belt, which was feed by another belt. He noticed some material had built up in the rock box and was spilling over onto the ground. As he attempted to clear the material with a shovel, he placed his hand on the rock box and was struck on the left hand index finger tip by a rock.

2000 · 1 incident

October 6, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Aggregates West Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

A ROCK HE WAS MOVING SLIPPED AND SQUEEZED HIS FINGER BETWEEN ANOTHER ROCK.