Employee was placing removable legs on a transfer conveyor. Conveyor was held in place by a loader. Removable leg fell and struck employee in the face, fatally injuring the employee.
43491 Metal/Non-Metal
43491 has $112K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1995–2015
- Latest incident
- May 2015
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.43491 has $112K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q4 | 415 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 429 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 477 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 567 | 3 | 1 | 5291.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 477 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 329 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q4 | 225 | 4 | 2 | 17777.8 |
| 2013 Q3 | 407 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 467 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,310 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 758 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 735 | 5 | 3 | 6802.7 |
| 2012 Q1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 328 | 1 | 0 | 3048.8 |
| 2011 Q3 | 938 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 968 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 342 | 1 | 1 | 2924.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 654 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 572 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 152 | 1 | 0 | 6578.9 |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 974 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 550 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 541 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 727 | 4 | 0 | 5502.1 |
| 2007 Q2 | 958 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 742 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,031 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 653 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 642 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 781 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 884 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,025 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 795 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 970 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 951 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 837 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 975 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 672 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 959 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 642 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 557 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 684 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 789 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
7 on file (excluding fatalities above)2015 · 1 incident
Employee was lifting power cords overhead and felt a "pop" in his neck and shoulder. He was taken to our doctor who referred him to a chiropractor. The chiropractor adjusted his neck and shoulder.
2013 · 1 incident
Fell 15 feet to the ground while on the cat walk of jaw crusher directing backhoe operator.
2006 · 1 incident
EE was cleaning electrical cord end and touched power to ground.
2004 · 1 incident
EE was driving a wedge to split the top shell from the bottom shell when the wedge fractured and a piece of the wedge struck him just in front of the rt ear (temple area).
2003 · 1 incident
EE WAS REPAIRING CRUSHER USING GRINDER. GOT A PARTICLE IN EYE.
2002 · 1 incident
LADDER FROM CRUSHER FELL AGAINST CONVEYOR, THEN CAME BACK AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.
1995 · 1 incident
USING A BAR TO UNPLUG CRUSHER. BAR SLIPPED, AND IN ATTEMPT TO CATCH IT, EE JUMPED ONTO THE BELTING OF CONVEYOR. WEIGHT CAUSED THE BELTING TO BE DRAWN OVER THE TAIL PULLEY, WEDGED THE BELTING A ND HIS FEET BETWEEN TAIL PULLWY AND HOPPER.
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