Mining Incidents

Fort Spring Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4600001

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Jun 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
40
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,066
proposed penalties
$4,066
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
2003 Q4 1,271 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,379 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,351 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,247 4 0 3207.7
2002 Q4 8,132 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 12,747 3 1 235.3
2002 Q2 14,344 2 0 139.4
2002 Q1 13,696 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

5 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

June 18, 2002 WV · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CARRIED 60LB BOX OF WELDING WIRE FROM SHOP TO PRIMARY CRUSHER & SET UP WELDING MACHINE/FELTSTINGING IN RIGHT GROIN AREA

March 18, 2002 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING SLEDGEHAMMER TO ALIGN DOZER TRACK AND METAL FRAGMENT PUNCTURED CKIN ON CHEST COULD NOT DETERMINE IF METAL WAS FROM HAMMER OR DOZER TRACK.

2001 · 1 incident

September 25, 2001 WV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING 988 B CAT LOADER TO CAST MATERIAL OFF #3 BENCH TO QUARRY FLOOR. AS HE WAS FILLING BUCKET, A BOULDER ROLLED BACK INTO BUCKET AND A PIECE (ABOUT HARD HAT SIZE) BROKE OFF AND S TRUCK WINDSHIELD. A PIECE OF GLASS FROM WINDSHIELD CUT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARMS. MUCK PILE HEIGHT WAS ABOUT 15 FT AND WORKING UP AN APPROX 10% GRADE.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 26, 2000 WV · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED AND 2 OTHER EE'S WERE USING A 1 1/4 DIAMETER CABLE TO PULL 3 ROCKS BACK AWAY FROM THE THROAT OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. AS THEY WERE PULLING CABLE TO ATTACH TO THE LAST ROCK, HE FELT A PA IN IN HIS LOWER BACK, HIS LEFT LEG BEGAN TO FEEL COLD AND NUMB.

July 28, 2000 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS WELDING ON TAILGATE BRACKET ON TANDEM HAUL TRUCK ON 7-28. DURING THE LATE EVENING HRS. HIS LEFT EYE BEGAN BOTHERING HIM. WHEN HE CAME TO WORK ON 7-29, HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD APPRENTLY "BURNED" HIS EYE WHILE WELDING ON TRUCJK. HIS EYE CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM & HE WENT TO HAVE IT CHECKED ON 8-4. THE DR. REMOVED A SMALL PIECE OF GRINDING FROM LEFT--FOEIRGN BODY CORNEA & CONJUN