Mining Incidents

Portable Wash Plant III Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Troy Adzima
Wattsburg, Erie County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607639

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Sep 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,063
proposed penalties
$2,063
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
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 2,944 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,704 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,164 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,144 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,565 1 0 219.1
2010 Q2 4,501 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,100 1 0 909.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2004 · 1 incident

September 8, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Helping to change pulley on cable for machine, chain slipped and caught right index finger.

2002 · 2 incidents

September 30, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

WAS SHUTTING OFF ENGINE OF ROCK TRUCK AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF FLOOR AND FELL BACKWARDS OUT OF THE TRUCK. HE GRABBED SAFETY RAIL TO KEEP FROM FALLING AND LANDED ON RT. SHOULDER AND BACK.

2000 · 1 incident

March 9, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HOLDING TORCH WITH LEFT HAND, HOLDING PIECE OF STEEL WITH RIGHT HAND, THE STEEL BROKE AND HIS HAND WENT ACROSS THE FLAME OF THE TORCH.