Mining Incidents

Downtown Plant: 14 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Lone Star Northwest · Surface
Controlled by Taiheiyo Cement Corp
Multnomah County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3500708

MSHA record for Downtown Plant (mine ID 3500708). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Jan 1988
Ownership history
  1. Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company 1950 to 1987
  2. Lone Star Industries Inc 1987 to 1988
  3. Lone Star Northwest 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Downtown Plant sits in Multnomah County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Multnomah County, Oregon · Population 803,863
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$86,247
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

January 25, 1988 OR · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Star Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PREVIOUS INJURY FROM 9-10-85 ARM SWELLING AND TURNING NUMB LAST DAY ON JOB 1-25-88.

January 15, 1988 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Star Industries Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

CLEANING BOULDE9S OFF GRIZZLY- BOULDER ROLLED AGAINST RIGHT HAND, TORE SKIN AND BRUISED OR BROKE THUMB.

1987 · 6 incidents

December 14, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Star Industries Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKING IN MUD 7ANK,ABOUT 5 HOURS,MUD HAS CONCRETE SLURRY IN IT,A PH OF 11.2.HIS RIGHT WRIST HAD SECOND DEGREE BURNS AND WAS INFECTED(WRIST WAS SWOLLEN) ALSO RIGHT FOOT HAD BURNS HE WENT TO DO CTOR ON 12-16-87 08:00 AM.

November 11, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lone Star Industries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED WHILE W5LKING IN MUD THIS WAS NOT REPORTED TO ME UNTIL 122887/CHECKING BACK HE LOST ONE DAY AFTER THE DAY HE SAID HE GOT HURT/111187 HE WENT TO DOC.ABOUT HIS BACK 122887

September 1, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Star Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS PICK3NG STICKS OUT OF 3/4 ROUND STOCK PILE A ROCK BOUNCED DOWN PILE LAND IN SIDE EAR.

June 7, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lone Star Industries Inc · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS WARM3NG UP ENGINES ON TUG FURY HE THEN JUMPED OFF TUG TO IUNTIE FROM DOCK ABOUT A 2FT DROP BREAKING BONE JUST BELOW KNEE I.NAME HAS BEEN OFF A WEEK & HE WENT OUT TO CHANGE BATTERIES ON THE SAND STO9M HE WILL BE OFF AT LEA ST ANOTHER WEEK DUE TO NO WORK

1986 · 1 incident

1985 · 2 incidents

August 26, 1985 OR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME BENT OVER TO PICK UP A NUT THAT WAS LYING ON DECK NEXT TO SNATCH BLOCK THE DREDGE WAS SETTING UP IN NEW AREA WHEN SNATCH BLOCK RAISED UP OFF DECK STRIKING I.NAME ABOVE EYE.THIS WAS THE ANCHOR LINE

April 2, 1985 OR · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS I.NAME WAS WALKING UP CATWALK THE BACKHOE BUCKET HIT THE HANDRAIL AND THE HANDRAIL STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK

1984 · 3 incidents