Mining Incidents

Portable CMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by David Grainger
Sumas, Whatcom County, WA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503605
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006–2013
Latest incident
Oct 2013
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee hurt wrist & forearm while shoveling.

2006 · 1 incident

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.