Mining Incidents

DEER ISLAND PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Morse Brothers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Deer island, Columbia County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3502885

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Feb 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
43
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,151
proposed penalties
$3,151
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 408 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 624 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,776 3 0 519.4
2002 Q3 6,883 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,215 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,482 5 0 912.1
2001 Q4 4,503 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,344 4 2 630.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2004 · 1 incident

February 2, 2004 OR · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
Morse Brothers Inc · No Value Found

EE SAYS WHILE OPERATING A KOMATSU 500 LOADER AT JOBSITE, HE DROVE THROUGH AN UNSEEN POTHOLE. HE WAS THROWN UPWARD IN THE SEAT. HE CAME BACK DOWN AND HIS FOOT HIT THE THROTTLE, PROPELLING THE MACHINE FORWARD & THE REAR TIRE HIT THE POTHOLE & THREW HIM UPWARDS AGAIN. HIS NECK & UPPER BACK & LEFT ARM HAVE BEEN CAUSING HIM PAIN EVER SINCE.

2001 · 1 incident

May 21, 2001 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Morse Brothers Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OVER TIME EE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT WRIST.

2000 · 3 incidents

October 10, 2000 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morse Brothers Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPLACING A PIECE OF PVC LINE, EE TWISTED HIS BACK.

March 17, 2000 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Morse Brothers Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEANING DOWN LOOKING AT PIECE OF FEEDER HAD A SHARP PAIN GO THROUGH MIDSECTION AND TRIED TO STAND UP AND COULD NOT.

February 10, 2000 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Morse Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 5 FOOT LONG PRY BAR TRYING TO BEND A SKIRT BOARD ON A CONVEYOR # CC2 WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OFF AND HIS THUMB WAS SMASHED BETWEEN THE HANDRAIL AND THE BAR. THOUGHT ONLY BRUISED, BUT CONTINUED TO BE PAINFUL, SAW DR. HESAID IT WAS BROKEN.