Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher B Metal/Non-Metal

Aggregates West Inc · Surface
Controlled by David Grainger
Everson, Whatcom County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503376

Portable Crusher B has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
102
citations
20
significant & substantial
$28,255
proposed penalties
$15,691
paid to date
56% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,564 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
368
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: 368 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 B has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-09.
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
2014 Q4 1,816 3 0 1652.0
2014 Q3 1,394 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,349 3 2 2223.9
2014 Q1 1,269 3 0 2364.1
2013 Q4 1,617 1 0 618.4
2013 Q3 1,484 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,662 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,004 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 1,449 3 0 2070.4
2012 Q3 1,196 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 286 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 693 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 695 3 0 4316.5
2010 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,906 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,344 15 5 6399.3
2010 Q1 1,810 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,436 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,943 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,449 5 1 3450.7
2009 Q1 1,162 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 1,228 4 0 3257.3
2007 Q4 1,352 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,142 4 1 1867.4
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 1,664 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,450 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,510 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,319 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,356 1 0 737.5
2005 Q4 1,502 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,439 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,259 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,640 4 0 2439.0
2004 Q4 2,459 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,415 2 0 828.2
2004 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,532 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,112 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q1 415 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 219 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 223 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 709 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 603 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,620 51 11 31481.5
2000 Q2 836 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 444 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 1 incident

October 25, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Aggregates West Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was shoveling around a crusher feed belt, which was feed by another belt. He noticed some material had built up in the rock box and was spilling over onto the ground. As he attempted to clear the material with a shovel, he placed his hand on the rock box and was struck on the left hand index finger tip by a rock.

2000 · 1 incident

October 6, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Aggregates West Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

A ROCK HE WAS MOVING SLIPPED AND SQUEEZED HIS FINGER BETWEEN ANOTHER ROCK.

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