EE was lifting a flange onto a wheel when he felt pain in his lower right back.
Big Ledge Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Big Ledge Mine has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2008–2012
- Latest incident
- Jul 2012
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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.Big Ledge Mine has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 488 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,383 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 622 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 16129.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 10989.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 445 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 623 | 4 | 2 | 6420.5 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,015 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 3,439 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 720 | 1 | 0 | 1388.9 |
| 2011 Q3 | 720 | 3 | 2 | 4166.7 |
| 2011 Q2 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 482 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 721 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 344 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 446 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
5 on file2012 · 2 incidents
When a fitting came loose with a wrench over it, it overextended the employee's arm pulling and stretching his arm, ribs, elbow and back.
2009 · 1 incident
After starting the blade the employee stepped on the tire to get down. The tire was covered with frost & his foot slipped. He fell & landed on his hands, which jammed his elbow. He felt that everything was fine at the time but the elbow got worse. He sought medical treatment on 02/13/2009. An x-ray revealed that the end of his elbow had a small fracture.
2008 · 2 incidents
He was grinding on a hand rail when a piece of slag got into his eye.
EE strained lower back while installing a fan on a 992 loader.
The full compliance file on Big Ledge Mine
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.