Mining Incidents

WHETSTONE Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by MDU Resources Group Inc
MEDFORD, Jackson County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503469

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Jul 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$55
proposed penalties
$55
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
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 652 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 721 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,326 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,738 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,364 1 0 423.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 1 incident

July 23, 2001 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogue Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLOSING AN INSPECTION LID THE WORKER FORGET TO TAKE HIS PRY BAR OUT OF THE HANDLE. THE BAR STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF THE NECK.

2000 · 1 incident

April 7, 2000 OR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Rogue Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A SKID STEER LOADER, THE WORKER HIT A BUMP, CAUSING THE LOADER TO BUCK BACK AND FORTH CAUSING A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND NECK.