Mining Incidents

WIRTJERS PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Patricia Wirtjers
Sac County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302024

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
14
citations
3
significant & substantial
$6,537
proposed penalties
$5,057
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
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 718 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 824 6 3 7281.6
2001 Q3 375 8 0 21333.3
2001 Q2 402 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 299 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

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

May 22, 2002 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
J W Ready Mix & Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VERY WINDY DAY--WAS CHECKING WEED IN ALTERNATOR BELT, WIND BLEW HOOD AND HIT HIS BACK & KNOCKED FINGER INTO BELT.