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Kentner Creek Metal/Non-Metal

West Plains Mining LLC · Facility

Controlled by Daniel Balkema

Wabash, Wabash County, IN · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1202396

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2009–2014
Latest incident: Oct 2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2007

citations

significant & substantial

$16,836

proposed penalties

$12,036

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
2015 Q1	6,001	1	166.6
2014 Q4	6,601	0	0.0
2014 Q3	6,274	0	0.0
2014 Q2	6,808	0	0.0
2014 Q1	5,138	1	194.6
2013 Q4	6,315	0	0.0
2013 Q3	6,504	0	0.0
2013 Q2	8,621	1	116.0

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

2014 · 1 incident

October 2, 2014 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

West Plains Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Laborer was manually rotating rotor to the area that was to be fixed. As it was being rotated his hands were placed on top and side of blow bar. As it was being rotated the left ring finger got pinched between blow bar and check plate resulting in taking partial tip of finger. The laborer was wearing leather gloves.

2011 · 1 incident

June 14, 2011 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

West Plains Mining LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Labor was holding a piece of steel that was to be welded. Got it welded, laborer went to move and placed his hand on the spot that was just welded. Resulting in a burn to his right palm causing a blister.

2010 · 2 incidents

September 21, 2010 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

West Plains Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Laborer was removing pump from a float pump, got in a bind, started pushing on it to free it up and it broke loose and came down and smashed his finger between frame work and pump. This happened @ the plant area.

April 9, 2010 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

West Plains Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Operator was digging into muck pile, started curling bucket back and felt rear end of loader getting light. Some loose rocks came over the bucket, down the boom into lower part of windows hitting the dash and breaking it loose. it came back into his knees. Operator got up and walked away.

2009 · 1 incident

June 11, 2009 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

West Plains Mining LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Laborer was cutting metal with torch. While he was cutting, a spark came back and fell in behind his safety glasses, resulting in a corneal abrasion. There was no lost time.