Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Shawnee Rock Inc · Surface
Controlled by Mark Cochran
Pullman, Whitman County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503112

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2007–2011
Latest incident
Mar 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
62
citations
18
significant & substantial
$81,691
proposed penalties
$69,999
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
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 973 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,181 5 4 2292.5
2010 Q3 4,478 4 0 893.3
2010 Q1 237 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,555 3 3 1174.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 30, 2010 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck by falling object

Maintenance was being performed on 10 wheel truck. It appears that the chain slipped causing the truck to fall striking the victim. The victim died from possible internal injuries. Still awaiting Coroner's and MSHA's finding to complete the investigation.

Reportable incidents

9 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2011 · 1 incident

March 2, 2011 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Rock Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE called me at home Wednesday evening at about 7:30 PM to tell me his shoulder hurt and he was going to the doctor to have it checked out. After an X-ray, it was decided he had a bone cyst which was causing him pain and the doctor told him not to work for a week. I believe this is not a reportable incident since the shoulder pain is a symptom of the bone cyst.

2010 · 1 incident

November 30, 2010 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck by falling object

Maintenance was being performed on 10 wheel truck. It appears that the chain slipped causing the truck to fall. The truck's tail light apparatus struck the worker on top of the right side of the head causing a laceration, a contusion on the left knee, and a sprained right ankle.

2009 · 3 incidents

November 24, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Shawnee Rock Inc · Contact with electrical current

Injury opened an electrical panel controlled by the local utility, mistakenly believing it was inactive. He received a shock and fell from the transformer trailer. He received minor burns and a broken vertebral spur from a rock on the ground where he fell.

November 5, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE was crossing the pit floor when he stepped on an irregular rock. His knee popped and rolled and he fell.

October 8, 2009 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was aligning machinery on the asphalt plant when the pry bar slipped and hit his right forearm. The swelling and bruising was bad enough that we had his arm X-Rayed for a break. It was only bruising and swelling, no break.

2008 · 1 incident

January 10, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck by falling object

A large socket(approximatly 10lbs) fell of the impact wrench and struck his right hand. Penching his hand between a piece of steel and the socket.

2007 · 3 incidents

October 31, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck by falling object

While moving an aluminum deck extension for a trailer, EE dropped the plate on his left foot. The imact broke two toes. He wheres a brace on his foot to keep the toes immobile while he works.

February 1, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Rock Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was setting a tail-pully assembly into the adjusting bracket, when the pully slipped out of his hands. The pully pinched his finger requiring eight stitches.

January 5, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Shawnee Rock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

We were digging out the inside rear area of a conveyor for about 1.5 hours with rear side guards removed for access. EE motioned to start the belt. Within a minute of the belt starting, EE was struck by a bar which was caught in the winged tail pulley. EE suffered cuts on neck and forehead requiring stitches, and torn ligaments in his left shoulder (surgery).