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Portable #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Alderbrook Quarry, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by John R Moerke

Chehalis, Lewis County, WA · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4503387

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2002–2016
Latest incident: Jan 2016

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

105

citations

significant & substantial

$34,185

proposed penalties

$28,644

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
2025 Q4	3,205	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	3,945	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	3,579	1	0	279.4
2025 Q1	3,051	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	3,480	1	0	287.4
2024 Q3	2,983	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	3,670	9	1	2452.3
2024 Q1	3,542	2	0	564.7

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2016 · 1 incident

January 26, 2016 WA · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Alderbrook Quarry, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a 1/2" drive breaker bar and socket to remove a nut from a bolt attaching a hopper wing extension that was in a bind with spring like tension. When the nut came off the bolt stored energy was released through the hopper wing sending the socket end of the breaker bar into the employee's face.

2015 · 1 incident

February 24, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER

Alderbrook Quarry, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Turned and hopped from step/rail approximately 2 feet high and back went out.

2003 · 2 incidents

May 16, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE

Alderbrook Quarry, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

DUMP TRUCK TIPPED OVER EDGE OF STOCKPILE LANDING ON ITS SIDE. DRIVER HIT HEAD CAUSING SCALP CONTUSION, MILD CERVICAL STRAIN.

April 5, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Alderbrook Quarry, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

SHOULDER STRAINED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR JAM IN CONE. SAW DR ON 4-7-03. LIMITED LIFTING WITH LEFT ARM FOR 7 DAYS.

2002 · 1 incident

August 27, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Alderbrook Quarry, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

SHOULDER WAS STRAINED WHILE WRENCHING ON A BOLT ON THE CONE. DR. PRESCRIBED PRESCRIPTION ANTI-INFLAMMATORY & LIGHT WORK, NO LIFTING OVER TEN POUNDS FOR 7 DAYS.