Mining Incidents

IKO Pacific, IncMetal/Nonmetal

IKO Pacific, Inc · Facility
Sumas, Whatcom County, WA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503419
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2014
Latest incident
Feb 2014
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

Loader operator backed the loader away from the rock pile and hit a granule truck that was behind him. The granule truck was moving as well. There were no injuries and some damage to both vehicles. The Loader operator was taken in for a drug screen and was cleared to go back to work.

Fall onto or against objects

Loader operator was standing on a 4-inch ledge, looking into the elevator. His foot slipped off the ledge, and his elbow hit a stack of pallets. He heard a pop and experienced pain in his shoulder.

2008 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Non-miner trucker delivering limerock didn't retract tarp on side dump truck. Dumped load, tarp held, causing opposite drive wheels to lift 3 ft off ground. Released tarp from top side of bucket, load released. Truck settled abruptly, throwing driver onto truck frame. Injuries to back of head, lower right arm, back.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING IN A NEW KEY WAY TO HOLD THE BULLRING ON THE RAYMOND MILL. HE WAS SWINGING IN HIS HAMMER THROUGH AN ACCESS DOOR TO THE RAYMOND MILL. ON HIS FOURTH SWING HIS RIGHT INDEX FI NGER WAS SMASHED BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE FLANGE OF THE DOOR. HE FRACTURED THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.