Mining Incidents

Portable 1Metal/Nonmetal

Chelatchie, Cowlitz County, WA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503806
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2020
Latest incident
Aug 2020

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
Struck by falling object

Miner was in the process of removing wedges on right side of tracked Jaw Feeder. During removal of the last wedge, the panel suddenly fell trapping the miner between the counterweight on excavator and the panel. The weight and force of the panel caused blunt force trauma to the chest and head.