Washington County Highway DepartmentOperator

MSHA Operator ID: L02172

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 9
Mines on record: 1
Period: —

For counsel + compliance teams

Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under Washington County Highway Department. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 non-fatal
OTHER1 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 non-fatal
NO VALUE FOUND1 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2003

2002

2 (1f)

2001

Mines on record

LOCUST MOUNT QUARRYTN

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

Washington County Highway Department

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD JUST EXITED HIS DUMP TRUCK AFTER BACKING IT UNDER THE BINS. HE WAS STANDING, LOOKING UP, TALKING TO ANOTHER EE WHO WAS STANDING ABOVE HIM. ANOTHER DRIVER WAS BACKING INTO THE ADJOINING STALL, HIS TRUCKBED STRUCK EE IN THE BACK, KNOCKING HIM TO THE PAVEMENT, THEN THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS RAN OVER HIS BODY. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER TRUCK GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND RAN TO CALL 911.