Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Shawnee Rock Inc · Surface
Controlled by Mark Cochran
Pullman, Whitman County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503112

Portable Crusher has $82K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2007–2011
Latest incident
Mar 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
62
citations
18
significant & substantial
$81,691
proposed penalties
$69,999
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,692 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
27
inspections on record
510
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 510 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher has $82K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$82K
proposed penalties
$70K
current assessed
$70K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-03-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 1,088 0 0 0.0
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 2,181 5 4 2292.5
2010 Q4 2,614 15 6 5738.3
2010 Q3 4,478 4 0 893.3
2010 Q2 2,714 1 0 368.5
2010 Q1 2,107 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,555 3 3 1174.2
2009 Q3 4,248 3 1 706.2
2009 Q2 1,741 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 9 1 0 111111.1
2008 Q4 2,489 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,881 4 1 1030.7
2008 Q2 4,568 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,172 2 1 630.5
2007 Q4 2,946 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,023 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,340 5 0 1497.0
2007 Q1 2,403 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,220 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,135 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,287 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,642 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,447 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,437 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,489 3 1 1205.3
2005 Q1 2,284 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,344 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,357 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,996 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,930 2 0 1036.3
2003 Q4 1,991 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,992 4 0 2008.0
2003 Q2 1,239 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,503 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,751 4 0 2284.4
2002 Q3 1,855 5 1 2695.4
2002 Q2 1,605 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,082 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,902 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,325 1 0 430.1
2001 Q2 1,891 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,727 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,313 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,107 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,235 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,689 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 30, 2010 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck by falling object

Maintenance was being performed on 10 wheel truck. It appears that the chain slipped causing the truck to fall striking the victim. The victim died from possible internal injuries. Still awaiting Coroner's and MSHA's finding to complete the investigation.

Reportable incidents

9 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2011 · 1 incident

March 2, 2011 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Rock Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE called me at home Wednesday evening at about 7:30 PM to tell me his shoulder hurt and he was going to the doctor to have it checked out. After an X-ray, it was decided he had a bone cyst which was causing him pain and the doctor told him not to work for a week. I believe this is not a reportable incident since the shoulder pain is a symptom of the bone cyst.

2010 · 1 incident

November 30, 2010 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck by falling object

Maintenance was being performed on 10 wheel truck. It appears that the chain slipped causing the truck to fall. The truck's tail light apparatus struck the worker on top of the right side of the head causing a laceration, a contusion on the left knee, and a sprained right ankle.

2009 · 3 incidents

November 24, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Shawnee Rock Inc · Contact with electrical current

Injury opened an electrical panel controlled by the local utility, mistakenly believing it was inactive. He received a shock and fell from the transformer trailer. He received minor burns and a broken vertebral spur from a rock on the ground where he fell.

November 5, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE was crossing the pit floor when he stepped on an irregular rock. His knee popped and rolled and he fell.

October 8, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was aligning machinery on the asphalt plant when the pry bar slipped and hit his right forearm. The swelling and bruising was bad enough that we had his arm X-Rayed for a break. It was only bruising and swelling, no break.

2008 · 1 incident

January 10, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck by falling object

A large socket(approximatly 10lbs) fell of the impact wrench and struck his right hand. Penching his hand between a piece of steel and the socket.

2007 · 3 incidents

October 31, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck by falling object

While moving an aluminum deck extension for a trailer, EE dropped the plate on his left foot. The imact broke two toes. He wheres a brace on his foot to keep the toes immobile while he works.

February 1, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Rock Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was setting a tail-pully assembly into the adjusting bracket, when the pully slipped out of his hands. The pully pinched his finger requiring eight stitches.

January 5, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

We were digging out the inside rear area of a conveyor for about 1.5 hours with rear side guards removed for access. EE motioned to start the belt. Within a minute of the belt starting, EE was struck by a bar which was caught in the winged tail pulley. EE suffered cuts on neck and forehead requiring stitches, and torn ligaments in his left shoulder (surgery).

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