EMP WAS WORKING ON ROCK CRUSHER THE CONVEYOR BELT WAS WET FROM RAIN AND HE SLIPPED KNOCKING HIM OFF BALANCE RESULTING IN A WRETCHED BACK
Basin Asphalt Pit: 15 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Basin Asphalt Pit (mine ID 4501387). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Oct 1983
- S & D Paving Company 1950 to 1980
- Basin Asphalt Company 1981 to present
Basin Asphalt Pit sits in Douglas County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
15 on file1983 · 15 incidents
EMPLOYEE HAS DEVELOPED TENDONITUS IN HIS RIGHT WRIST FROM OPERATING THE CONTROLS ON THE MOTOR GRADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING AN ARMFUL OF STEEL TO THE DRILL PRESS INSIDE THE SHOP WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF STEEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP A DUMP TRUCK AGAINST A CRUSHED ROCK STOCKPILE, STEERING WHEEL SPINNING HIT 3RD & 4TH FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING CONES ON HIGHWAY WHILE SITTING IN THE BACK A MOVING PICKUP HE PLACED ONE ON THE HIGHWAY AND FELL OFF INJURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER BACK AND HIP
EMP WAS STEPPING FROM THE PLATFORM ON THE ASPHALT PLANT TO HIS TRUCK WHEN HIS BACK FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND
PUTTING PIN ON SPRING WHEN PIN SHATTERED.
EE WAS BLOWING OUT HOLES AT AIRPORT RUNWAY WHEN A ROCK HIT HIM IN THE EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EMP WAS WALKING ACROSS STREET WHEN A FELLOW EMP BACKED OVER THE TOP OF HIM
USING SURFACE GRINDER AND GRINDING IRON AND PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN RIGHT EYE
WALKED OUT DOOR OF OFFICE AND TRIPPED INVERTING ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A STORAGE TANK ON OUR ASPHALT PLANT WITH A SCRAPER & HAMMER DISLODGING A PIECE OF METAL WHICH LANDED IN LEFT EYE.
EMP WAS BEATING OUT A PIN ON A TRAILER WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL WHEN THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE CHISEL INJURING HIS THUMB ON LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-8 CAT ON ROUGH TERRAIN WHEN HE WAS SUDDENLY JARRED, TWISTING HIS UPPER SPINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF THE SLAT, CONVEYOR THAT CARRIES ASPHALT FROM BATCH PLANT TO THE HOPPER DOING REPAIRS CONVEYOR TURNED ON CATCHING HIS LEG, INJURING HIS LEFT SHOULDE AND BACK ALSO.