Mining Incidents

600 QUARRY: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tillamook County - Or
Tillamook County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3502901

MSHA record for 600 QUARRY (mine ID 3502901). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1989–1991
Latest incident
Sep 1991
Ownership history
  1. Tillamook County Public Works 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

600 QUARRY sits in Tillamook County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Tillamook County, Oregon · Population 27,471
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,551
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1991 · 3 incidents

September 24, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tillamook County Public Works · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE, WHILE PULLING ON GEAR REDUCTION BELT TO MOVE CONVEYOR BELT, HER FINGER BECAME CAUGHT IN BELT.

August 27, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tillamook County Public Works · Fall down stairs

TRIPPED WHILE ASCENDING STAIRS TO TOOL SHED AT CRUSHER SITE,FALLING ON SAME.

February 28, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tillamook County Public Works · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING A ROCK INTO THE CRUSHER JAW WHEN HER ARM AND HAND WERE SLAMMED BACK INTO THE FRAME WORK AROUND JAW.IT WAS LATER FOUND THAT THE FRAME WORK WAS BENT INTO ITS USUAL POSITION BY A PREVIOUS ROCK REMOVAL.THE FRAME HAS SINCE BBEEN STRAIGHTENED.

1990 · 2 incidents

May 8, 1990 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tillamook County Public Works · Struck against stationary object

WORKER WAS AT CRUSHER SITE ON THE GENERATOR WHENF HIS KNEE WAS BUMPED BY A PIECE OF IRON OCCURANCE WAS ON MAY8 1990 AND HAS APPARENTLY DEVELOPED PROBLEMS GRADUALLY. POSSIBLE FLUIDS AROUND KNEE JOINT. NO TIME LOSS TO DATE.

January 22, 1990 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Tillamook County Public Works · Unclassified, insufficient data

PHYSICIAN DETERMINED CONDITION WAS WORK RELATED AND SPECIFIED REPETITIVE SHOVELING, SUCH AS MUCKING AT CRUSHER SITE.

1989 · 2 incidents

August 1, 1989 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tillamook County Public Works · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS SHOVELING DIRT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR AT THE CRUSHER SITE ALL DAY.