Mining Incidents

Cooley Pit 735-ET Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Meredith Reiter
Powell, Park County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801500

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2007–2011
Latest incident
Mar 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,731
proposed penalties
$1,635
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
2012 Q3 299 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,170 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 156 2 1 12820.5
2011 Q4 1,253 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,844 2 0 1084.6
2011 Q2 2,298 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,250 1 1 800.0
2010 Q4 854 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

3 on file

2011 · 1 incident

March 29, 2011 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reiter Construction LLC · Fall from machine

Was stepping down from the overhead belt onto the screen deck, when slipped and fell over the side of screen deck onto the gearbox, hitting left shoulder. ER evaluation determined separated shoulder and referred to orthopedic for further evaluation.

2008 · 1 incident

June 27, 2008 WY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Reiter Construction LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While unloading screens from NPT truck, he strained his back while pushing screens into the loader bucket. Thought it would get better but has just gotten worse.

2007 · 1 incident

July 18, 2007 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Reiter Construction LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While cleaning gravel material from stuffer, employee attempted to push on shovel with right foot. The material gave way easier than anticipated resulting in hyper-extending the knee.