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.
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 file2002 · 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)
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