Mining Incidents

WWC #1726 Metal/Non-Metal

W W C Inc · Surface
Controlled by Paul Wood
Ruidosa, NM, Lincoln County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902098

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Nov 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
144
citations
41
significant & substantial
$55,103
proposed penalties
$36,754
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
2008 Q4 1,477 12 0 8124.6
2008 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,362 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,971 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,684 13 1 4843.5
2007 Q3 2,626 7 3 2665.7
2007 Q2 3,220 18 5 5590.1
2007 Q1 2,345 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

2001 · 1 incident

November 28, 2001 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W W C Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING UNDER THE FRAMEWORK OF A USI CRUSHER TO TURN ON THE FUEL VALVE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE SNOW/ ICE COVERING THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE SAW A DOCTOR 5 DAYS LATER DUE TO PERSISTENT DISCOMFORT.