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Portable Crusher: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Alberts Cecil R (Mike)
Lane County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503125

Portable Crusher has had 1 fatality among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. Flintstone Crushing & Construction Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1999 0
1998 3
1997 3
1996 3
1995 3
1994 3
1993 4
1992 3
1991 4
1990 7
1989 8
1988 12
1987 29
1986 25
1985 0
1984 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Portable Crusher sits in Lane County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Lane County, Oregon · Population 382,628
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,311
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 11, 1984 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Flintstone Crushing & Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS EMPLOYED AS A LOADER OPERATOR AT OUR CRUSHER PLANT. THE ROLLS HAD DIRT IN THEM I NAME OUR JAW OPERATOR SHUT THE ROLLS TO REVERSE ROTATION WHICH THROWS DIRT OUT HE FOR NO REASON WAS ON TOP OF ROLLS. WHEN THEY WERE REVERSED HE WAS PULLED IN.