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Weyerhaeuser Portable: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by George Weyerhaeuser
Coos County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503085

MSHA record for Weyerhaeuser Portable (mine ID 3503085). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
Ownership history
  1. Weyerhaeuser Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Weyerhaeuser Portable sits in Coos County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Coos County, Oregon · Population 64,832
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,313
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1991 · 1 incident

March 20, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Weyerhaeuser Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 3-20-91 AT 7:00 AM, THEY STARTED HOOKING UP A SHOT. WE USE THE NON-ELECTRIC DETA-LINE SYSTEM. THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY AND RAINY. HE HAD LOADED AND CLIPPED THE STARTERS ON THE DAY BEFORE. HE WAS HOOKING UP THE TRUNK LINE TO THE STARTERS WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. ABOUT 9:00 AM, HE WAS WORKING THROUGH A BADLY BROKEN UP AREA. I.NAME WAS STANDING DOWN BELOW HIM WHEN THEY HEAR A ROCK

1987 · 1 incident

February 11, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weyerhaeuser Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING HYDRAULIC TANK CAP AND DID NOT RELIEVE ALL PRESSURE BEFORE REMOVING CAP BLOWING HOT OIL ONTO RT ARM

1986 · 1 incident

December 17, 1986 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck by falling object

JUST FINISHED L2ADING NEW SHAKER SCREEN ON BUCKET OF 966B WHEN SIDE OF SCEEN DROPPED ONTO BACK OF LEFT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND AND BRUISE TOBACK OF HAND