GROVE PORTABLE Metal/Non-Metal

Grove Crushing Company · Surface

Washington County, OR · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3503363

MSHA record for GROVE PORTABLE (mine ID 3503363). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 1993–1996
Latest incident: Aug 1996

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2001

inspections on record

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 3 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1	0
2000 Q4	619	0.0
2000 Q3	1,521	0.0
2000 Q2	2,869	0.0
2000 Q1	2,228	0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

May 7, 1996 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Grove Crushing Company · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS SPOTTING THE CRUSHER UNIT INTO PLACEMENT.HE WAS TO THE SIDE & HE STEPPED INTO CHECK THE ALIGNMENT OF THE CRUSHER UNITS. HE STAYED THERE WHILE THE UNIT WAS BEING BACKED INTO PLACE. THE O THER SPOTTER WAS NOT TOLD BY EE TO STOP THE CRUSHER UNIT THAT WAS BEING BACKED INTO PLACE NOR DID HE STEP OUT OF THE WAY. HE WAS CRUSHED BETWEENTHE TWO UNITS & DIED MOMENTS LATER.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1996 · 2 incidents

August 2, 1996 OR · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider ELECTRICAL

Grove Crushing Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS DISENGAGING ROCK, FROM PULLEY WITH METAL BAR. LOADER PUSHED ELECTRIAL CORD INTO CRUSHER TRAILER CAUSING IT ARCH AND BREAK THE GROUND CABLE WHICH IN TURN EMPLOYEE BECAME THE GROUN D.

May 20, 1996 OR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Grove Crushing Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD SHUT THE MOTOR OFF THE BELT TO DISLODGE A ROCK OUT FROM THE TAIL PULLEY. SHE HAD HER HAND AROUND THE HEAD PULLEY BELT TRYING TO PULL TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE OFF THE ROCK. WHEN THE ROCK DISLODGED, THE FORCE OF THE BELT BEING RELEASED CAUSED THE HEAD PULLEY TO TURN, WHICH CAUGHT HER FINGER.

1993 · 1 incident

May 25, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Grove Crushing Company · Struck against a moving object

WORKER WAS PUSHING ROCK WITH D-8 CAT. UNKNOWN AS TO WHY WORKER TURNED SIDEWAYS. NO MACHINE FAILURE, ROLLED DOWN HILL.

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