Mining Incidents

POLE ROAD PIT: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Concrete Nor'West · Surface
Controlled by Walt Miles
Whatcom County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502582

MSHA record for POLE ROAD PIT (mine ID 4502582). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1991–1993
Latest incident
May 1993
Ownership history
  1. Ferndale Ready Mix & Gravel Inc 1978 to 1990
  2. Concrete Nor'West 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

POLE ROAD PIT sits in Whatcom County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Whatcom County, Washington · Population 228,432
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$80,989
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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 Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1993 · 1 incident

May 18, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Concrete Nor'West · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE FRONT END LOADER. THE HEATER HOSE BROKE AND HOT WATER SPRAYED ALL OVER. THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM THE LOADER ONTO OVERSIZED ROCK AND BRUISED HIS LEFT HEAL.

1992 · 2 incidents

June 1, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Concrete Nor'West · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A LARGE ROCK FROM GRIZZLEY WHEN THE ROCK CAME LOOSE & SLID DOWN THE BARS & SMASHED THE MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND

February 26, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Concrete Nor'West · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL JUMPED DOWN FROM BOOM TRUCK AND LANDED ON MAUL HANDLE WHICH HIT TAILBONE.

1991 · 2 incidents

April 16, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Concrete Nor'West · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNSPOOLING CABLE FOR DRAG LINE AND THE CABLE SNAPPED BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.