Mining Incidents

Washington Portable 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Bellingham, Whatcom County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503717

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Aug 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$704
proposed penalties
$704
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 452 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 557 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 4 0
2024 Q4 485 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,629 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 810 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

August 4, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

Loader operator was taking material from bank with 980G front end loader, when material from above loader bucket collapsed onto loader bucket causing machine to bounce froward then back. Operator felt sore after this but did not seek out medical attention until 08-27-15, at which time he was placed on restricetd duty for 7 days.