Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER #1: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Friend & Rikalo Inc · Surface
Controlled by John D Friend
Grays Harbor County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502614

MSHA record for PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 (mine ID 4502614). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1991–1993
Latest incident
Dec 1993
Ownership history
  1. Friend & Rikalo Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 sits in Grays Harbor County, Washington, 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.
Grays Harbor County, Washington · Population 76,397
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$63,539
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1993 · 3 incidents

December 23, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Friend & Rikalo Inc · Flash burns (electric)

WIRING 166 AMP BREAKER CROSSED WIRES CAUSING FLASH BURN TO FACE.

December 22, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Friend & Rikalo Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STUCK FINGE RIN WELDER RADIATOR FAN.

March 27, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Friend & Rikalo Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING TRUCK TIRE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

1992 · 2 incidents

June 30, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Friend & Rikalo Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING A SMALL PIECE OF METAL WHEN PINCHED LEFT FINGER IN GRINDING WHEEL CAUSING END OF FINGER TO BE INJURED THEREBY LOSING TWO DAYS OF WORK. HAD MEDICAL TREATMENT.

May 7, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Friend & Rikalo Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BLOCKS ON 54 CONE CRUSHER WHEN A 12" X 12" X 60" BLOCK ROLLED OVER RIGHT WRIST. SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 7-3-92 FOUND OUT RIGHT WRIST HAD BONE CHIPS.

1991 · 1 incident

August 9, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Friend & Rikalo Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING ANVILS IN AND OUT OF CRUSHER LOWER BACK WENT OUT.