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Portable Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Eland Construction, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Martin A Steiner

Sutter Creek, Amador County, CA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0405617

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2005–2006
Latest incident: Aug 2006

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

citations

significant & substantial

$792

proposed penalties

$792

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	Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2	0	0
2007 Q1	4,297	2	465.4
2006 Q4	4,297	0	0.0
2006 Q3	4,133	0	0.0
2006 Q2	4,673	0	0.0
2006 Q1	1,561	4	2562.5
2005 Q4	3,801	0	0.0
2005 Q3	5,037	1	198.5

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2006 · 1 incident

August 8, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Eland Construction, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE was attempting to flip over a cone liner. The cone liner was being lifted with a bar and chain. When the cone liner was horizontal, he attempted to push the cone liner over. While pushing the cone liner, the chain went slack causing the cone liner to fall onto him. He sustained a broken right leg, back strain and lacerations to both hands.

2005 · 4 incidents

September 7, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Eland Construction, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING UP THE WATER TRUCK FROM BEHIND THE JOB TRAILER THE OPERATOR BACKED INTO AN OPEN EXCAVATION THAT WAS BEING DUG FOR THE NEW SCALE HOUSE. SHE BACKED UP DROPPING HER RIGHT REAR TIRES INTO THE EXCAVATION CAUSING THE WATER TRUCK TO OVERTURN (ROLL OVER) INTO THE EXCAVATION.

March 10, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Eland Construction, Inc. · Struck by flying object

While trying to release the jammed cone, using cribbing and a bottle jack placed between the cone deck and the upper assembly of the cone, when pressure was applied to the jack the top end of the jack slipped out from the upper assembly causing the jack to fly out hitting the operator in the upper chest.

February 17, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Eland Construction, Inc. · Struck by flying object

While the employee was repairing the skirting on the cone crusher discharge belt, a metal shaving from a grinder being used on the outside of the discharge belt by his co-worker came in through a 2" space on the side and bounced off the conveyor belt and his him in the right eye.

February 9, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Eland Construction, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While inspecting the jaw crusher, after a plug-up in the jaw, they had the deflector plate lid open and EE's hand was resting on the brace. His co-worker closed the lid and pinched EE's hand between the lid and the brace.