Mining Incidents

West Coast Mining & Crushing Portable Metal/Non-Metal

McMinnville, Yamhill County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3502501

West Coast Mining & Crushing Portable has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1994–2006
Latest incident
Apr 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
78
citations
25
significant & substantial
$14,004
proposed penalties
$9,039
paid to date
65% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,965 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
391
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: 391 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

West Coast Mining & Crushing Portable has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
77 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-05-05.
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 Q4 2,062 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,810 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,280 1 1 304.9
2011 Q1 3,170 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,746 7 5 2549.2
2010 Q3 3,036 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,822 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,492 19 9 4229.7
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 3,304 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,553 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,326 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,020 4 1 1980.2
2008 Q4 2,297 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,507 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,595 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,296 1 0 435.5
2007 Q4 4,817 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,289 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,773 6 2 1590.2
2007 Q1 2,490 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,590 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,049 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,073 14 1 6753.5
2006 Q1 6,332 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,462 1 1 154.8
2005 Q3 7,746 11 4 1420.1
2005 Q2 6,526 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,332 1 0 187.5
2004 Q4 7,028 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,358 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,533 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,783 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 734 6 0 8174.4
2003 Q3 3,473 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,202 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,747 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,975 2 0 1012.7
2002 Q3 3,477 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,518 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,730 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,904 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,124 2 0 640.2
2001 Q2 3,072 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,753 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,229 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,883 3 1 1040.6
2000 Q2 1,668 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,406 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2006 · 1 incident

April 13, 2006 OR · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nesko Rock · Fall onto or against objects

The employee stepped from the ground onto the lower end of a conveyor belt (approximately 18" above ground) and slipped and fell onto the rubber conveyor belt.

2003 · 1 incident

December 16, 2003 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nesko Rock, Inc. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

WORKER GRABBED WRENCH TO LOOSEN SCREEN BOLT. IN THE PROCESS OF POSITIONING SELF ON GUARDED CATWALK, WORKER PUSHED HIMSELF BETWEEN MID-RAIL AND THE BOARD. WORKER FELL TO GROUND - A DISTANCE O F APPROX 9.5 FEET.

1994 · 1 incident

December 1, 1994 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nesko Rock, Inc. · Fall from ladders

WORKER FELL WHILE DESCENDING LADDER AT CRUSHER SITE. HE CUT HIS SHIN REQUIRING STITCHES.

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