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Portable C Metal/Non-Metal

Aggregates West Inc · Surface

Controlled by David Grainger

Sumas, Whatcom County, WA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4503605

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2006–2013
Latest incident: Oct 2013

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2006

citations

significant & substantial

$7,946

proposed penalties

$7,946

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	Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4	1,816	5	2753.3
2014 Q3	1,393	0	0.0
2014 Q2	1,349	1	741.3
2014 Q1	1,269	2	1576.0
2013 Q4	1,617	0	0.0
2013 Q3	1,484	3	2021.6
2013 Q2	1,663	0	0.0
2013 Q1	1,004	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

2013 · 1 incident

October 22, 2013 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee hurt wrist & forearm while shoveling.

2006 · 1 incident

September 11, 2006 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Aggregates West Inc · Struck by falling object

Two employees were placing a backstop for a ramp to a feeder hopper. The backstop, 5' x 15' x 1/2" steel plate, was lifed vertical to lean against feeder, the groundman pushed up on the steel plate by hand to over center when he did that the chain came unhooked from the plate which caused the steel plate to fall toward him pinning his leg against the ground.