While preparing for the shot, the det cord was placed in the initiator before everyone was in place. The shot was accidentally set off causing rock and water to cross the pit and come into contact with the workers.
Plant #3 Metal/Non-Metal
Hoover Excavating & Trucking, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Reggie Hoover
Myrtle Point,
Coos County,
OR
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503805
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2017
- Latest incident
- Dec 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
89
citations
24
significant & substantial
$194,401
proposed penalties
$8,534
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 40000.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 3,076 | 4 | 1 | 1300.4 |
| 2020 Q2 | 3,150 | 3 | 2 | 952.4 |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,422 | 5 | 0 | 1461.1 |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,627 | 5 | 0 | 1378.5 |
| 2018 Q2 | 3,707 | 3 | 0 | 809.3 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2017 · 3 incidents
Hoover Excavating & Trucking, Inc. · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Hoover Excavating & Trucking, Inc. · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
While preparing for the shot, the det. cord was placed in the initiator before everyone was in place. The shot was accidentally set off, causing rock and water to cross the pit and come into contact with the workers.
December 11, 2017
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
hammer mill operator, breaker mill operator, jaw mill operator
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Hoover Excavating & Trucking, Inc. · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
While preparing for the shot the det cord was placed in the initiator before everyone was in place. The shot was accidently set off causing rock and water to cross the pit and come into contact with the workers.