Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Albert E DeAtley
Okanogan County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503020

MSHA record for Portable Crusher (mine ID 4503020). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Apr 1986
Ownership history
  1. Basin Asphalt Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher sits in Okanogan County, Washington, 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.
Okanogan County, Washington · Population 42,811
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,293
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

April 10, 1986 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Asphalt Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PUTTING ANVIL I3TO THE CARICA LIFTED AND TURNED AND HURT SHOULDER AND BACK.

March 18, 1986 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Asphalt Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS UNLOADING31/2 IN X 3 IN FLAT BAR IT SLIPPED OUT OF MY HAND AND SHARP BAR CUT MY FINGER

1985 · 1 incident

July 28, 1985 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Basin Asphalt Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJUSTING JAW-D3E OPENING WHILE LAYING ON CONVEYOR BELT, BELT STARTED & WAS HE WAS STRUCK BY 18" CRESCENT WRENCH IN ABDOMEN. ALSO FELT SOMETHING STRIKE HIM ACROSS LOWER BACK