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Westlake Plant Metal/Non-Metal

M-I L L C · Surface

Controlled by Schlumberger Ltd

Westlake, Calcasieu County, LA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1601299

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2002
Latest incident: Oct 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$5,587

proposed penalties

$5,587

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
2003 Q3	0	0
2003 Q1	4,170	0	0.0
2002 Q4	4,165	0	0.0
2002 Q3	4,705	0	0.0
2002 Q2	0	0
2002 Q1	4,769	0	0.0
2001 Q4	5,990	1	166.9
2001 Q3	6,299	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

October 31, 2002 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

M-I L L C · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS POKING MILL FEED AT HOPPER AND PRY-BAR GOT CAUGHT IN FEED AND PULLED HAND AGAINST METAL EDGES OF HOPPER OPENING. THE RESULTING FORCE SMASHED THE FINGER, RESULTING IN THE INJURY. THE FINGER WAS TREATED WITH ABOUT SEVEN SUTURES. THE MINER HAS FULL USE OF FINGER INJURED. EMPLOYEE WAS ELIGIBLE TO RETURN TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.