Mining Incidents

Portable Power Screen Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Nick Tommer
Ephrata, Grant County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503161

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Mar 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
191
citations
46
significant & substantial
$84,884
proposed penalties
$75,380
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 1,487 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 243 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,841 6 2 3259.1
2019 Q4 1,804 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,855 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,690 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,748 18 8 10297.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
February 9, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Tommer Construction Co Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

WEATHER AND GROUND CONDITION WAS GOOD. UNDER CONVEYOR WAS WELL GUARDED. VICTIM WAS FOUND BETWEEN RETURN ROLLER AND CONVEYOR BELT UNDER SCREEN CONVEYOR. NO ONE SAW ACCIDENT.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2001 · 2 incidents

March 27, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tommer Construction Co Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PUTTING UP EXTENSIONS ON WING WALLS OF JAW. RAINING, HE SLIPPED AND FELL. TOOK NO CHANCES OF INJURY, CALLED AMBULANCE TO HAVE HIMSELF CHECKED OUT.

February 7, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tommer Construction Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING IN SUPPORT ROLLER SHAFT ON PAN FEEDER OFJAW. LIMITED ACCESS ROOM TO INSERT SHAFT. HE DROPPED END 3" AND PINCHED LEFT THUMB.