Mining Incidents

Portable Crushing Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

L & H Grading Inc · Surface
Controlled by James Beck
Albany, Linn County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503415

Portable Crushing Plant #1 has $103K in proposed MSHA penalties and $64K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
165
citations
34
significant & substantial
$102,968
proposed penalties
$39,030
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $63,938 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
30
inspections on record
514
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: 514 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 Crushing Plant #1 has $103K in proposed MSHA penalties and $64K outstanding across 1 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.
$103K
proposed penalties
$103K
current assessed
$39K
paid to date
$64K
outstanding
165 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-16.
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
2011 Q1 0 1 0
2010 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,686 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,818 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 242 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,223 1 0 310.3
2009 Q3 960 1 0 1041.7
2009 Q2 160 23 6 143750.0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 385 1 0 2597.4
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 5,447 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,276 10 5 1895.4
2008 Q1 4,166 7 2 1680.3
2007 Q4 4,583 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,449 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,955 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,588 4 0 1114.8
2006 Q4 3,839 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,023 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,249 1 0 444.6
2006 Q1 2,014 11 1 5461.8
2005 Q4 1,521 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,996 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,039 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,537 15 2 3306.1
2004 Q4 6,074 1 0 164.6
2004 Q3 1,187 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,484 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,894 17 1 4365.7
2003 Q4 2,742 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,563 2 0 438.3
2003 Q2 7,333 4 4 545.5
2003 Q1 11,510 30 10 2606.4
2002 Q4 13,297 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,754 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 12,133 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,525 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,439 26 3 4780.3
2001 Q3 4,197 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,188 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2006 · 1 incident

August 4, 2006 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
L & H Grading Inc · Struck against a moving object

Cat 769C haul truck pulled behind Cat 980G front end loader on top of stockpile. Loader was starting to back up. Loader bumped into the haul truck. The accident bent the rear light bracket on the loader. It made some marks on the haul truck walkway.

2003 · 4 incidents

November 18, 2003 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L & H Grading Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LEVELING CRUSHER UNIT WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS KNEE ON METAL FRAMEWORK.

July 30, 2003 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & H Grading Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CHAIN A LARGE BOULDER TO REMOVE IT FROM THE JAW CRUSHER. IN TRYING TO LIFT THE ROCK HE STRAINED HIS ABDOMEN.

July 29, 2003 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
L & H Grading Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TAKING A C-CLAMP OFF, THE WRENCH SLIPPED & CUT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

March 24, 2003 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
L & H Grading Inc · Fall from machine

LADDER ON TRUCK BROKE. HE FELL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON HIS SHOULDER.

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