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Portable # 3 Metal/Non-Metal

Copenhaver Construction Inc · Surface

Controlled by Guy W Copenhaver; Matt Lee Copenhaver

Creston, Lincoln County, WA · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 4503766

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2021–2023
Latest incident: Sep 2023

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2017

citations

significant & substantial

$32,316

proposed penalties

$19,136

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	2,529	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	8,862	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	9,839	3	1	304.9
2025 Q1	9,953	9	0	904.2
2024 Q4	9,091	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	7,210	1	0	138.7
2024 Q2	7,402	14	3	1891.4
2024 Q1	7,297	8	2	1096.3

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

2023 · 1 incident

September 27, 2023 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Copenhaver Construction Inc · Struck against a moving object

Miner using a crane to unload a skid steer from a trailer. Wind gust occurred while the operator was rotating the boom causing the boom to rotate outside of the Front-loading area. The crane tipped over. The operator was taken to the hospital for evaluation and released without treatment. EE had only minor muscle strains. The 15-ton mobile crane was not significantly damaged.

2021 · 1 incident

October 29, 2021 WA · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman ELECTRICAL

Copenhaver Construction Inc · Contact with electrical current

A Miner had contact with a low voltage control wire and received a shock. EE was taken to a local medical facility for evaluation and released. EE will be off work for 1 week pending a follow up appointment.