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Barnhart Quarry: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rod Anderson
Umatilla County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3500428

MSHA record for Barnhart Quarry (mine ID 3500428). 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
1983–1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc 1950 to 1987
  2. Meridian Aggregates Company 1987 to 1991
  3. Meridian Aggregates Company 1991 to 1991
  4. Barnhart Rock Products 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Barnhart Quarry sits in Umatilla 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.
Umatilla County, Oregon · Population 80,087
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,958
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

1987 · 2 incidents

August 5, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING A MECHANIC TIGHTEN A BOLT ON A PIONEER FEEDER HE WAS PULLING ON A RATCHET HANDLE WHEN THE SOCKET SLIPPED ON THE BOLT HIS RING FINGER ON THE RT HAND WAS SMASHED BETWEEN TH E HANDLE AND TH9 SIDE OF THE FEEDER FRACTURE OF FINGER RESULTED

July 2, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

LOOSE ROCK ON S6RFACE WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING.EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON ROCK AND FELL ON KNEE.

1985 · 1 incident

May 17, 1985 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A ROCK WAS STUCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO TURN THE ROCK WITH A BAR AND IT SLIPPED ON THE ROCK ALLOWING THE BAR TO STRIKE HIM IN THE FOREHEAD CAUSING A CUT ABOVE THE RT EYE

1983 · 4 incidents

October 11, 1983 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE WORKING AT CRUSHER COWIE WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROCK ON HARD HAT & KNOCKED TO GROUND COWIE SENT TO ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL SOME FORM CANOPY OR SCRAPER OF PROTECTRION WILL BE ERECTED TO PREVEN T A RE-OCCURRENCE AGAIN

September 28, 1983 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE BURNING NUT OFF BOLT WITH TORCH A PARTICLE OF SLAG ENTERED UNDER EYELID GOGGLES WERE AVAILABLE BUT NOT USED WENT TO DR

July 29, 1983 OR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UNLOADING TORQ CONV UNIT FOR A 988 LOADER FROM INLAND EQ CO MECH TR WITH ELECT BOOM OF MECH TK MANS THIRD FINGER LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED & TIP BROKEN