Tonasket Quarry: 246 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Miner was working on a chain sprocket. While bent over, EE felt a pain from low back to the groin. EE stood up and stepped back onto a rock, slipped and caught self. EE felt instant severe pain.

Miner was traveling down the slope to a newly installed staircase. Miner slipped on rutted, uneven ground, caused by recent rains, and hurt left knee. Miner reported the incident but did not feel needed medical attention at that time, despite being asked to do so.

Miner was pulling a metal plate (27" diameter,1/2" thick) towards themselves to flip over in order to cut a hole in the center. The metal plate slipped off the edge of the table and landed on the miner's left foot.

Miner was attempting to pull one pallet onto another and stepped between two slats in the bottom pallet and fell down. When EE fell, EE lost grip on the pallet EE was positioning on top and it fell onto EE's right ankle.

Miner was lying on side cutting a hole in an auger when hot slag fell into miner's right ear traveling down the ear canal to the ear drum.

The miner was checking the tension of the belts on the Cimco horizontal crusher. When the miner rolled the belts, EE's right middle finger was pulled into the pulley, severing it at the first knuckle below the fingernail.

Miner was driving an forklift and when they stepped off, they felt pain in right hip.

Miners called investigator and 911 after discovering the fire in our shop. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Approximately 40 feet of the southeast corner of the roof and south wall sustained burn damage. No personnel had been in the shop since 3pm.

EE was helping our millwright roll over a metal beam to the other side so it could be welded. When they began to roll the beam, EE's right shoulder popped.

EE was changing a cutting blade on the grinder when the grinder powered on, cutting EE's left ring finger.

EE was climbing down a ladder. When EE stepped off the ladder, EE placed foot wrong and rolled their right ankle.

Miner was working on Pril Plant elevator bucket that had broken off. The bucket was jammed in the chain and in trying to free it, miner reached over metal bar to grab the chain and felt a pop in rib area.

While constructing a room for a new compressor, the miner, employee, was lifting and holding sheets of OSB for walls and ceilings, causing soreness in right shoulder. After a doctor visit on 11/06/20, the doctor indicated to the miner a possible strain.

Employee was cutting a piece of siding material with a grinder when a shard of metal hit their cheek and ricocheted inside of safety glasses and struck their right eye.

Employee fell and hit head in January nothing said about knee. On 7/20/18 employee said ee bumped knee on a pallet but was ok. Employee went to Dr. 10/4/18 Dr. said ee has a torn meniscus and Dr. back dated to 1/23/18 for knee injury.

Per L&I form completed, employee was walking to work area, slipped on ice patch and hit back of head.

Grinding piece of steel, slipped and cut right forearm.

Replacing 14 inch conveyor belt, while pulling on belt, felt pain in left elbow.

Employee & mechanic were working on excavator. He stepped back to get away from oil leak and tripped falling on left arm.

Employee was walking down steps, tripped & fell landing on right shoulder.

Swinging sledge hammer & hit little finger between handle & metal frame work.

Pulling on hood to open for inspection. Felt burning pain in left forearm. D.O.T. Highway Truck. Driver went in for xrays. Has to have surgery on 10-18-13

Chute to dryer plugged up with materiel operator took bar and was trying to unplug chute, bar slipped jarring shoulder and upper arm.

Employee was plowing snow and sanding. He finished parked the front end loader was walking back to plant area slipped and fell on left front arm. Hurt his left shoulder.

EE unbolted cover guard. White blender was running to check for build up, left coat sleeve came in contact with blending bar which tore his coat sleeve and caused laceration on left forearm.

EE was fixing the slide to the screens. He was cutting a new piece of belting when the exacto knife slipped and cut his hand.

EE was filling blending hopper & thought the belt that was feeding the hopper was plugging up. He pulled the lid back off of the belt & reached in to grab a chunk of material when bolt caught finger & pulled it into hold down roller.

Employee was working on a guard and he lifted the guard and turned and felt pain in lower back.

Tighting bolt wrench slipped, hurting his shoulder.

Stood truss on edge to weld and it fell over on its side hitting EE on head and neck.

Employee reported injury to us on 06/16/08. EE was grinding on a piece of steel, EE was wearing his safety glasses at the time of injury. No time lost.

EE was getting out of the semi truck, stepping on unlevel ground and turned his ankle.

Employee was replacing an electric motor. He turned to move to the other side to tighten motor mount bolts when his foot stuck in the snow and he twisted his right knee.

EE was tightening an 1 1/4" pipe union with a pipe wrench and the union broke, the pipe wrench slipped and he fell over backwards, hitting his tailbone on another pipe.

While holding an empty box, employee attempted to open shop door. The door did not open and the employee slammed his shoulder into the door causing pain in his lower back. Mild back strain.

We believe power surges from a wind storm shorted a dry transformer that started fire. There were no injuries.

Employee was stepping out of the loader and mis-stepped, injuring his right knee. There was no time loss.

FAULTY PROPANE CYLINDER. EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO USE FRESHLY FILLED TANK. TANK WAS LEFT UNATTENDED FOR ? MINUTES WHILE HE CHECKED OTHER TASK. ON HIS RETURN, THIN STREAM OF PROPANE FROM VENT HAD IGNITED, BURNING HOSE OFF. OVERHEAD WIRING THEN CAUGHT FIRE. EMPLOYEE, UNAWARE OF PROPANE FIRE, WAS BRINGING EXTINQUISHER FOR ELECTRICAL FIRE AND WAS BURNED AS HE ENTERED THE BUILDING.

ADJUSTING BAG SADDLE TO FIT A DIFFERENT SIZE BAG AND THE STAND PINCHED R HAND THUMB, BRUISING THE THUMB.

EE WAS REMOVING A FILLED BAG FROM THE BAGGING CONVEYOR IN THE PRIL WHSE A BELT FASTNER CAME LOOSE HOOKING HER COAT SLEEVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A HEAVY GUARD BY HIMSELF ONE END OF GUARD FELL, HITTING PALM OF HAND.

STRUCK THE THUMB TIP WHILE DOING CLEAN UP.

EE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF DIAMOND PLATE IN PLACE TO WELD, IT SLIPPED AND THE EDGE CAUGHT HIS FINGER.

EE WAS POSITIONING A LARGE ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH ABAR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED SMASHING THE 2ND & 3RD FINGRS ON RIGHT HAND

STRUCK FINGER WITH HAMMER WHILE REPAIRING PALLETS.

A RECENTLY INSTALLED DIVERTOR WAS NOT SECURED AGAINST, TIPPING TOWARD THE CONVEYOR BELT, HEAD PULLEY XXXX WAS SWITICY GAT WHEN HE TIPP IT TOWARD PULLEY ADN PINCHED HIS HAND.

EE WAS DEBURRING THE BONE OF THE HUB ON MINING DRUM WITH A DIE GRINDER WHEN A PIECE OF DEBRIS CAME UP UNDER HIS FACE MASK & ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS FABRICATING NEW MOTER MOUNT BASE ON SMALL CONVEYOR AT SHOP AREA. REMOVING 2 HP GEARBOX MOTOR, FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL 5/7/98.

EE WAS INSTALLING TAIL PULLEY ON CONVEYOR AT THE SHOP AREA WHEN TAIL PULLEY SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS FINGER EE WAS WEARING GLOVES.

EE FILLING 40# BAG ON SACKING LINE & STARTED GETTING LOWER ABDOMINAL PAINS.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING NEW RETURN IDLER(TUCK ROLL) ON 18" TROUGH CONVEYOR, 1 END SUPPORTED IN PILLOW BLOCK BEARING. GETTING INTO POSITION TO ATTACH 2ND PILLOW BLOCK BEARING, IDLER SLIPPED OUT OF FIRST SUPPORTING BEARING LACERATING INDEX FINGER.

LIFTING 50# SACK OF LIMESTONE, SLIPPED IN THE SNOW, FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TARP FROM ROCK IN OUR ROCK SHED, WHEN A ROCK USED FOR HOLDING TARP DOWN ROLLED DOWN TARP AND SMASHED LEFT HAND RING FINGER BETWEEN ANOTHER ROCK. OPEN FRACTURE--DISTAL PHA LANX.

DRILLING HOLES WITH DRILL PRESS WHEN WORK PIECE SLIPPED OFF SUPPORT BENCH, PINCHING LEFT HAND RING FIGNER BETWEEN WORK PIEC EAND DRILL PRESS CHUCK RESULTING IN FINGER TIP LACERATION.

EE UP ON A 4 FT BY 8 FT HOPPER APPROX. 4 FT HIGH WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT SHOULDER NECK AND BACK ACHE RESULTING FROM FALL THERE WAS PREEXISTING IMPAIRMENT OF AREA SURGUAL FIXATION DC 4 .5.

HE WAS BAGGING CALCIUM (LIMESTONE), TURNED TO PUT BAG ON PALLET AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

STEPPED OFF FRONT END LOADER AND STRAINED BACK.

PICKED UP BOBCAT TIRE 12X700 INJURED LOWER BACK.

MOVING 6" X 10" THIN WALL PIPE. PIPE ROLLED CUTTING DORSUM OF LEFT WRIST.

TRIPPED GOING UPSTAIRS FALLING TRIED TO STOP FELL WITH RIGHT HAND.

EMP WAS CLEANIN1 OR MUCKING BESIDE CONVEYOR BELT, WHEN BELT FASTNER CAUGHT HIS COAT PROPELLING HIS LEFT ARM INTO CONVEYOR SUPPORT