Mining Incidents

Portable Pug Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Poe Don M
Asotin County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503016

MSHA record for Portable Pug Plant (mine ID 4503016). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Poe Asphalt Paving Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable Pug Plant sits in Asotin County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Asotin County, Washington · Population 22,424
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$69,107
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

June 4, 1984 WA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Poe Asphalt Paving Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CLEANING MUD FROM CONVEYOR BELT PULLEY WITH A METAL BAR-PULLEY CAUGHT BAR AND EMP PULLED BACK ON BAR BUT WAS PULLED INTO THE MACHINE BETWEEN PULLEY BELT & FRAME. MACHINE WAS AN EAGLE P UG MILL THAT WAS MIXING ROCK WITH WATER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT