Mining Incidents

Westar Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Barry J Lytle
Grants, Cibola County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901331

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Aug 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
10
citations
3
significant & substantial
$899
proposed penalties
$899
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
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1 3 2 3000000.0
2008 Q3 170 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 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

2004 · 1 incident

August 6, 2004 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Griego'S Trucking Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While shoveling ee swung abd hit the metal part of a conveyer belt, smashing his hand between metal and shovel.