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Crusher #1 - Grant Creek: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Western Materials · Surface
Controlled by JTL Group Inc
Missoula County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2400474

MSHA record for Crusher #1 - Grant Creek (mine ID 2400474). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. Western Materials Inc 1950 to 1990
  2. Western Materials 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Crusher #1 - Grant Creek sits in Missoula County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Missoula County, Montana · Population 119,639
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$71,246
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

May 14, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Western Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON CRUSHER JAW IN SHOP. PUT 3/4" DRIVE RATCHET ON BOLT AND REEFED ON IT, SECOND TIME THE WRENCH CAME OFF THE BOLT. HE FELL AND THE WRENCH FELL ON HIS FINGER.

April 25, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Western Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

BAR LAYING ON CROSS PC OF CRUSHER REACHED IN GRABBED BAR RUBBER ON COV HOOKED BAR THROWING HAND AGAINST FRAME OF CRUSHER

February 28, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Western Materials Inc · Fall from machine

FREE STANDING CONVEYOR WAS SETTING ON PIT FLOOR. EMPL WAS STANDFING ON CONVEYER & SIGNALING CRANE OPERATOR TO RAISE CABLE WHICH WAS LOOSE ON GROUND. AS IT CAME UP IT HOOKED CONVEYOR LEG & TIPP ED OVER CONVEYOR EMPL FELL TO GROUND BRUISNG ARM/SHOULDER.