Mining Incidents

Casper Portable #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Glenrock, Converse County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801529

Casper Portable #1 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1997–2003
Latest incident
Jan 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
23
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,355
proposed penalties
$1,355
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
10
inspections on record
128
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 128 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Casper Portable #1 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 796 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 215 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 658 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,479 11 0 7437.5
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 1,760 4 0 2272.7
2004 Q1 713 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 645 2 0 3100.8
2003 Q3 1,220 1 0 819.7
2003 Q2 1,207 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 460 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 555 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 198 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,020 1 0 980.4
2001 Q2 1,188 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 568 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 825 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2003 · 1 incident

January 28, 2003 WY · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River - Casper · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A TAIL ROLL OUT OF THE BACK OF A PICKUP BED & AS HE PULLED ON THE SHAFT THE SHAFT AND TAIL ROLLED MORE EASIER THAT ANTICIPATED AND THE END OF THE SHAFT CAUGHT EMPLOYEES HAND BETWEEN IT AND THE CORNER OF THE PICKUP BOX.

1999 · 1 incident

June 11, 1999 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jtl Group Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE IN REMOVING THE SECTION SIDE LINE FROM A LARGE PUMP, USING A CHISEL TO SEPARATE TWO PIECES OF METAL, MOMENTARILY RELEASED HIS GRIP ON THE CHISEL AS OTHER EE STRUCK CHISEL, PINCHING LT. HAND LITTLE FINGER.

1998 · 3 incidents

December 8, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Jtl Group Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WORKER WAS OPERATING AN ACETYLENE TORCH, AND WAS CUTTING OFF RUSTY BOLTS, WHEN A PIECE OF HOT SLAG SPLASHED OFF THE BOLT AND LANDED IN HIS RIGHT EAR AND INTO THE EAR CANA, CAUSING A BURN TO TH E EAR CANAL.

June 4, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jtl Group Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE IS A DREDGE OPERATOR. EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STEP OFF OF THE SHORE ONTO A METAL DREDGE WORKBOAT. IT HAD BEEN RAINING, SNOWING & SLUSH HAD BUILT UP ON THE DECK OF THE BOAT. AS EE STEPPED ONTO THE DECK HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ONTO HIS BACK.

February 27, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jtl Group Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER, WAS USING A SHOVEL TO CLEAN OFF A WALKWAY AROUND A CONE CRUSHER. WORKER TURNED WRONG AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

1997 · 1 incident

March 10, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Jtl Group Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 3-10-97 T 10:00AM EE COMPLAINED ABOUT A PROBLEM OF TINGLING & NUMBNESS IN HIS RIGHT HAND & WRIST. HE SUSPECTS THAT HE MAY HAVE CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME FROM WELDING & GRIPPING.

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