HE WAS ON LIGHT DUTY DUE TO A BACK BACK. HE HELPED ANOTHER MAN LIFT A STEEL PLATE AND RE-INJURED HIS BACK.
Continental Mine Coal
Continental Mine has $66 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
- 37
- Years on record
- 1988–1996
- Latest incident
- Sep 1996
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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.Continental Mine has $66 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.MSHA sampling at Continental Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.45 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 6 samples.
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.ⓘ
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.ⓘ
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 |
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| 2002 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q3 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 216 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 1,031 | 1 | 1 | 969.9 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,097 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 988 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2000 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reportable incidents
37 on file1996 · 3 incidents
PLANT OPERATOR HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT ON CRUSHER ROLLERS USING HAND PUMP.
GENERAL MAINTENANCE. CLEANING, LIFTING, MOVING IRON PARTS. APPROXIMATE WEIGHT 100 - 150 LBS. FELT LIKE HE PULLED SOMETHING. SEEN BY PHYSICIAN AFTER WORK. PHYSICIAN STATES LEFT INGUINAL HERNIA.
1995 · 3 incidents
USING CHAIN HOIST. CROSSMEMBER NOT CONNECTED PROPERLY. PICKED UP ONE END. CHAIN HOIST HIT RIGHT HAND. FRACTURE OF LITTLE FINGER OF RT HAND.
WELDER - CHIPPING SLAG INSIDE CHUTE WITH A CHIPPING HAMMER. PIECE OF SLAG HIT LEFT EYE.
WELDING PLATE IN CHUTE, LIFTED WELDING HELEMT, PIECE OF SLAP FLEW INTO LEFT PUPIL OF EYE.
1994 · 5 incidents
PERFORMING MAINTENANCE DUTIES INSIDE PLANT LIFTING AND HOLDING STEEL PLATES FOR REPAIR OF CHUTES COMPLAINED OF ABDOMEN PAIN.
WELDER WORKING PLANT MAINTENACE USING CHAIN HOIST CHAIN HOIST SLIPPED ARM WENT BACK HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON STEEL. X RAYS TAKEN RECEIVED SHOT IN ARM PRESCRIPTION GIVEN.
CLEANING REFUSE LINES, HOLDING BAR WITH BOTH HANDS, HELPER USING A SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HANDS.
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS; SNOW & ICY ROAD: WALKING ALONG ROAD SLIPPED FELL ON KNEE; TWISTED KNEE; X-RAYS TAKEN; REST.
REMOVING ACETYLENE TANK FROM RACK, LOST GRIP ON TANK. TANK SLIPPED AND LEFT HAND PINCHED AGAINSTOTHER TANK. LEFT HAND, MIDDLE FINGER BROKE. X RAYS TAKEN SPLINT APPLIED.
1993 · 10 incidents
CHECKING DAM PUMP, WALKING ON FROZEN GROUND, SLIPPED AND REACHED OUT WITH RIGHT HADN, SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST.
WORKING ON NORTHWEST 95 DRAGLINE HAD HAND ON BOLT ATTACHED TO DRUM HAND SLIPPED OFF FELL BACKWARDS INTO CABLE WHEEL HIT RIGHT SIDE OF BACK CHEST AND SHOULDER X RAYS TAKEN ALL NEGATIVE REST.
LAB TECHNICIAN SETTING UP CULM TESTS FOR SPECIFIC GRAVITY WITH ZINC CHLORIDE. WHEN HE POURED ZINC CHLORIDE INTO TANK IT SPLASHED BACK AND HIT LEFT EYE; IMMEDIATE EYE WASH TAKEN TO DESPENSARY; BURN LEFT EYE, CORNEA EXPOSED.
LOADER OPERATOR, STEPPED UP ON STEP, DIDN'T NOTICE GREASE ON BOOT, SLIPPED. X-RAYS TAKEN, MEDICATION FOR PAIN, AND REST. BRUISED RIBS, RIGHT SIDE.
LABORER LIFTING AND PULLING 6" X 20' PLASTIC PIPING. PAIN RIGHT SIDE LOWER ABDOMEN. HERNIA.
PLANT DOWN FOR GENERAL REPAIR: WORKING INSIDE THE JIG AREA: STOOD-UP AND TURNED BUMPED LEFT SIDE OF HEAD ON STEEL CHUTE.
LIFTING & PULLING MATERIALS TO PLANT DOING GENERAL LABORERS DUTIES FOR PLANT MAINTENANCE
LABORER WAS CLEANING TAKE-UP ROLLERS ON REFUSE BELT, JUMPED DOWN SMALL BANK, TWISTED BACK; MUSCLE SPASM.
LAB TECHNICIAN TAKING A TEST SAMPLE FROM FIG, CARRYING A 5 GALLON BUCKET, HAD A SEVER LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN.
OPERATING A 475 LOADER, HEARD NOISE, CHECKED LOADER AND BLEED BRAKE LINE. HE STATES HE STEPPED UP ON CHAIN STEP AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL. TWISTED HIS BACK AND HAD GROIN PAIN.
1992 · 7 incidents
DRIVING A 769 CAT TRUCK, WENT TO MAKE A TURN, HIT A POTHOLE, STATES STEERING WHEEL SPUN BACK AND CAUGHT HIS WRIST.
HELPING MACHANIC REPAIR LOADER, USING A CROWBAR TO RELEASE A CYLINDER, CROWBAR SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE AND HIT HIM LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD, RECEIVED 5 STITCHES AND RETURNED TO WORK. NO X0RAY, NO ME DICATION.
66929NG MAINTENENACE SHIFT SITTING DOWN WITH KNEES BENT PUSHING A LINNER INSIDE CHUTE LOWER BACK PAIN.
TWISTED BACK
JUMPED OFF PARKED DOZER HIT BACK OF RIGHT FOOT ON ROCK X RAYS TAKEN SHOWED CHIP ON BACK OF RIGHT HEEL SOME BRUISING.
MOTOR SHIFTED;HAD CHAIN WRAPPED AROUND MOTOR TO RESET IN PLACE,CHAIN SLIPPED THROUGH HAND.
VENDOR UNLOADING FUEL TO STORAGE TANK ON SITE, SMALL EXPLOSION AND FIRE.
1991 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEED AS A LABORER PERFORMING MAINTENANCE DUTIES; INVESTIGATING A NOISE; SLIPPED ON CATWALK FELL INTO CONVEYOR BELT.
LOWERING A STEEL BOX WITH A CHAIN HOIST, STEEL BOX SWUNG BACK AND HIT RIGHT KNEE.
STARTED GRAVITY TEST ON COAL SAMPLES.PLACED 5 GAL BUCKET IN SOLUTION OF ZINC CHLORIDE AND IT SPLASHED BACK UP INTO LEFT EYE.
ROLLER WAS JAMMED WAS DISLODGING JAM WITH BAR BAR SNAPPED BACK & CAUGH T LEFT ARM RECEIVED 100 STITCHES LEFT ARM
1990 · 2 incidents
EMPL WALKING WITH PICK IN HAND,TRIPPED AND FELL ON PICK,2 CM LACERATION TO TESTICLE.
EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE WALKING FROM THE HOPPER AREA TO THE PREP PLANT STRIKING HIS RT ELBOW ON THE GROUND
1989 · 2 incidents
ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE L REAR VIEW MIRROR ON A 769 CAT TRUCK HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND STRUCK HIS L SIDE OF HIS FACE ON THE GROUND HE FELL APPROX 6 FEET
CUTTING PIPE WITH AN ACETYLENE TORCH MAFTER HE CUT THE PIPE HE TRIED TO MOVE HOT PIPE AND BURNT HIS FINGER ON L HAND
1988 · 1 incident
WITH THE ENGINE OFF AND AFTER FILLING GAS TANK ON A PORTABLE WATER PUMP WITH GASOLINE AND REPLAICNG THE GAS CAP EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO START PUMP WITH A PULL START GASOLINE DISCHARGE GROM THE VENT CAP AND TRAVELED APPROX. 8INCH ALONG THE GASTANK TO THE MUFFLERWHERE IT WAS INVITED BY A BACKFIRE.
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