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Rattlesnake Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Hurricane Ready Mix · Surface

Controlled by Cason Todd Stratton

Hurricane, Washington County, UT · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4202283

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2000
Latest incident: Sep 2000

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$143,669

proposed penalties

$115,197

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	Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3	0	1
2008 Q2	0	0
2008 Q1	0	0
2007 Q4	0	0
2007 Q3	0	0
2007 Q2	0	0
2007 Q1	14	0	0.0
2006 Q4	173	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

April 21, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Darwin Stratton & Son Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE PLANT OPERATOR/LOADER OPERATOR WAS FOUND WITH HER LEFT ARM ENTANGLED IN THE SMOOTH TAIL PULLEY OF THE SCREEN FEED CONVEYOR. A COMPANY EE FOUND THE VICTIM AFTER SHE FAILED TO RETURN TO THE MINE OFFICE AFTER HER WORK DAY.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2000 · 1 incident

September 15, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Darwin Stratton & Son Inc · Ingestion of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CREW USED A SIPHON HOSE TO CARRY WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID FROM A 55 GAL DRUM TO A 325 GAL TANK. FLUID IS MIXED W/WATER FOR DRILLING FLUID. DRUM TO HOSE SLIPPED OUT OF THE 325 GAL TANK. EE GRABB ED HOSE TO SUCK ON HOSE TO START SIPHON, IN THE PROCESS, HE SWALLOWED SOME OF THE WASHER FLUID.