Miner lifted a piece of plywood and felt a pain in his lower spine.
Columbus Project Metal/Non-Metal
Columbus Project has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 2008–2015
- Latest incident
- Jul 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.Columbus Project has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,256 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,267 | 1 | 0 | 789.3 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,294 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,165 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,193 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,654 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Q1 | 2,431 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 3,275 | 8 | 1 | 2442.7 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,669 | 4 | 0 | 1090.2 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,835 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 3,319 | 4 | 3 | 1205.2 |
| 2016 Q4 | 3,547 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,168 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,961 | 6 | 1 | 1514.8 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,213 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,568 | 7 | 0 | 4464.3 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,981 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,851 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,816 | 1 | 0 | 550.7 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,058 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 3,403 | 3 | 0 | 881.6 |
| 2014 Q1 | 3,916 | 2 | 0 | 510.7 |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,511 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 3,765 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 4,466 | 7 | 1 | 1567.4 |
| 2013 Q1 | 4,539 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 4,161 | 2 | 0 | 480.7 |
| 2012 Q3 | 4,546 | 3 | 0 | 659.9 |
| 2012 Q2 | 4,557 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 4,602 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 4,231 | 1 | 1 | 236.4 |
| 2011 Q3 | 4,698 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 4,509 | 1 | 1 | 221.8 |
| 2011 Q1 | 4,129 | 7 | 2 | 1695.3 |
| 2010 Q4 | 4,908 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 7,257 | 2 | 1 | 275.6 |
| 2010 Q2 | 5,068 | 5 | 2 | 986.6 |
| 2010 Q1 | 3,040 | 5 | 1 | 1644.7 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,749 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,776 | 7 | 2 | 3941.4 |
| 2009 Q2 | 2,279 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1,461 | 5 | 0 | 3422.3 |
| 2008 Q4 | 2,111 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,366 | 16 | 10 | 6762.5 |
| 2002 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 1,980 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 2,768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 3,024 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 3,276 | 2 | 0 | 610.5 |
| 2000 Q1 | 2,400 | 6 | 5 | 2500.0 |
Reportable incidents
8 on file2015 · 2 incidents
EE and another ee were using magnets to remove magnetic from an ore sample when they got too close to each other and the magnets slammed together trapping their fingers
2013 · 1 incident
Employee was on level 2 standing between the roll up door and the man door, there is a step down to the man door. Co-worker called her name, when she turned to answer her she took a step forgetting about the step down and lost her balance falling towards the man door and into the guard rail. Here left side contacted the second rail on impact resulting in a fractured rib.
2010 · 4 incidents
EE was walking around side hill on nature soil/rocks and a rock rolled under his feet, as he fell he tried to catch himself with his right arm the impact jammed his shoulder causing it to dislocate.
While cutting an access door for a water line in the skirting of a mobile home. He was setting up the saw blade broke, kicking the blade back into his leg just below the knee.
While troweling recently poured cement, employee suffered minor abrasions on his knees. Subsequently, the abrasions reacted negatively to the cement and became inflamed. Employee obtained bandages from a first aid kit. He then went to Nye Regional Medical Center to receive further medical attention. A tetanus shot was received and no time was or will be lost.
Employee's left hand ring finger was pinched by suspended load on curb. The pinch resulted in 13 stitches to the employee's finger. He returned to work the following day.
2008 · 1 incident
While installing drain pipe for rake thickener, contractor was pushing pipe to line it up when he lost his footing and fell from a retaining wall. Contractor was not wearing appropriate safety gear, although it was present.
The full compliance file on Columbus Project
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.