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Rainbow Valley Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Wesco Minerals LLC · Surface

Controlled by Paul Pomp; Joseph Arnoso

Buckeye, Maricopa County, AZ · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0203156

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2008
Latest incident: Jun 2008

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2007

citations

significant & substantial

$9,615

proposed penalties

$3,762

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
2010 Q1	960	1	0	1041.7
2009 Q4	880	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	1,041	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	1,098	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	3,521	9	3	2556.1
2008 Q4	7,773	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	10,797	3	2	277.9
2008 Q2	9,067	0	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

2 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

June 30, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Wesco Minerals LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

The employee was on a platfrom 9 ft high helping another employee when he said he "forgot where he was at," stepped backwards and fell to the lower deck. As he hit the ground all of his weight went into his right leg breaking it in 2 places and crushing his heel bone. As he fell he injured his left bicep with 3 scratches and bruising.

March 21, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE

Wesco Minerals LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE was driving a Komatsu 400 haul truck. He went around as bend in the road and hit the right berm which cause the truck to jerk to the left side of the road and over the berm into the desert. He received 5 staples in his head, 4 stitches on nose, abrassion on forehead, concussion,left hip & right knee bruising and was confused pain and bleeding after the accident.