Mining Incidents

East ValleyMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Yakima, Yakima County, WA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503744
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2016–2023
Latest incident
Apr 2023
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2023 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Prying up scraper to flip over to weld a chain tie down. While lifting scraper, scraper fell back on their right leg cutting their shin.

2020 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was tasked with straightening and resetting the bonnet on the Raptor 400 Standard cone crusher. EE then reached in with a hand to remove the rock and the angle iron pinched a thumb between the corner of the angle iron and side of the bonnet causing a laceration to the right thumb.

2017 · 2 incidents

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

MSHA Recordable Shift for Hearing Loss; Right Ear. Final determination and review for the confirmed recordable shift was notified to the employer on 01/06/2018.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a utility knife to cut a hole in a belt to put a rope through, in order to lace the belt back onto the conveyor. Utility knife slipped resulting in 1"" laceration to left thigh.

2016 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator was preparing to flip cutting edge on skid steer bucket, bolt started to spin in hole so operator tried to push pin back in square hole. Spinning bolt cut EE's left index finger resulting in 5 stitches. Operator was wearing gloves.