Struck against a moving object
Employee was operating a skid steer at the tailings pile when ee ran over a 4x8 rock causing the skid steer to lurch, jarring back.
Granite Falls QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
HM Pacific Northwest, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Granite Falls, Snohomish County, WA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503424
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2019
- Latest incident
- Apr 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2019 · 1 incident
2018 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
Grease on handrail, causing employee to slip and fall. Broken wrist.
2008 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
Smashed 4th digit on right hand inserting a lifting pin into lifting hole on concrete catch basin
2000 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
WHILE PRYING WITH PRY BAR AT THE 4X8"" CHUTE, UNLOADING ROCK FROM THE CHUTE, ANOTHER ROCK HIT BARTHEN HIT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT WRIST.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
LOADER OPERATOR EXITED LOADER TO ASSIST TRUCK DRIVER WITH ROCK STUCK IN TAILGATE. LOADER OPERATOR USED HANDS TO LIFT TAILGATE WHEN ROCK CLEARED TAILGATE WAS HEAVIER THAN ANTICIPATED. OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO HOLD WEIGHT AND TAILGATE SLIPPED FROM GRASP, PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN TAILGATE AND DUMP BOX.