Mining Incidents

W.W.C. Crusher #2395 Metal/Non-Metal

W.W.C., Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Paul Wood
Roosevelt County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902228

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Jan 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
20
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,328
proposed penalties
$1,328
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 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 252 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 10,304 1 1 97.0
2002 Q1 8,676 19 4 2189.9
2001 Q4 12,902 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

2 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

January 23, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W.W.C., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MANUALLY SHOVELING STONES BY A CONVEYOR WHEN THE SHOVEL STRUCK A LARGE ROCK INJURING HISRIGHT WRIST. HE WAS NOT SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN FOR THE CONTINUING DISCOMFORT UNTIL 1/31/02. HIS FOR EARM & WRIST WERE APPARENTLY SPRAINED BY THE SUDDEN IMPACT WITH THE ROCK.

January 10, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W.W.C., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE GOT OFF THE FRONT-END LOADER HE WAS OPERATING TO HELP ANOTHER WORKER LIFT A 55 GAL DRUM FILLED WITH TRASH THAT WEIGHED IN ESCESS OF 100 LBS. AS THE EMPLOYEE LIFTED, HE SUDDENLY FE LT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN. THE EE WAS NOT SEEN AND TREATED BY A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL UNTIL OVER A WEEK LATER ON JAN 19TH, 2002. APPARENTLY THE STRAINING CAUSED THE VEINS IN TH