EE was involved in a traffic accident on the road that leads to the plant. EE was extricated from the vehicle and transported to the hospital where EE later died.
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- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 788
- Mines on record
- 33
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
Top causes
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 2 fatalities · 6 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 128 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 50 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 268 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 99 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 76 non-fatal
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Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- ORO GRANDE QUARRY CA
- Smokey Point Pit WA
- Snoqualmie S&G dba CalPortland Company WA
- Redding Plant CA
- Santosh DBA CalPortland OR
- Grimes Rock a CalPortland Company CA
- Mojave Plant & Quarry CA
- Rocky Canyon Plant CA
- Dupont Pit WA
- RILLITO PLANT AZ
- Canby Sand & Gravel DBA CalPortland OR
- VASHON SAND AND GRAVEL dba CalPortland WA
- Sanderling Dredge OR
- GAREY ROCK PLANT CA
- Jackrabbit Aggregates AZ
- Hamilton WA
- ORANGE GROVE AZ
- Scheerer Quarry CA
- Cascade Quarry WA
- Baxter Mine CA
- Twin Peaks Aggregate AZ
- New River Plant AZ
- RILLITO QUARRY AZ
- White River Quarry WA
- Colton Aggregates CA
- Diablo Plant # 136 AZ
- Port of Vancouver DBA CalPortland WA
- Colton Plant & Quarry CA
- Linnton DBA CalPortland OR
- AGUA FRIA PIT AZ
- Mats Mats Quarry WA
- Steilacoom Pit WA
- Koehler Quarry OR
Fatalities under this controller
4 recordedFELL FEEDING ROCK BOX. THE ROCK BOX WAS PLUGGED W/ A LARGE BOULDER & 3 EMPLOYEE'S ASSESSED THE PROBLEM. LOCKOUT CONVEYOR LINE, CO-WORKER AT JAW TOWER AND FATALY INJURED EE TRIED USING A PRY BAR TO FREE PLUG & HE CRAWLED INTO THE ROCK BOX TWO TIMES, ON THE SECOND TIME MATERIAL ENGULFED HIM.
THE WAS ASKED TO REMOVE SCREWS FROM A METAL ROOF DECK ON THE EAVE OF A ROOF. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, THE MINER REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE ELEVATED WORK PLATFORM (JLG AND GOT ON THE ROOF. HE ALSO VI OLATED COMPANYPOLICY IN PROCEEDING TO WORK IN AREAS OF THE ROOF WHILE NOT TIED-OFF. WHILE WORKING ON THE ROOF DECK, NOT IN FRONT OF THE JLG AND WHILE NOT TIED-OFF, HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
CONCRETE BLOCK WALL FELL ON VICTIM. ACCIDENT WAS FATAL.