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DREDGE LUCAS: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

New Marinsville, Wetzel County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603800

DREDGE LUCAS has $2K 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
13
Years on record
1990–2004
Latest incident
Aug 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
22
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,640
proposed penalties
$1,640
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Aggregates's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
259
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: 259 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DREDGE LUCAS has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-11-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
13.6%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
13.6%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 36.4% low, 54.5% moderate, 9.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ 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.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2003-04-24, 23 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.96 0.36 Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.99 0.25 Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.13 0.24 Dredge/Barge Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

DREDGE LUCAS recorded 29.60 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.

Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
29.60
total case rate
19.74
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.94 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2004 * 29.60 19.74 0.000
2002 * 11.11 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 26.06 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Ohio River Sand & Gravel 1950 to 1981
  2. Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc 1981 to 1995
  3. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 3
2004 9
2003 9
2002 13
2001 12
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DREDGE LUCAS sits in Wetzel County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Wetzel County, West Virginia · Population 14,233
7.4%
Mining share of county employment
$53,341
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2005 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 888 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,394 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,045 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,211 1 0 311.4
2004 Q3 7,133 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,171 1 0 162.0
2004 Q1 3,752 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 5,288 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,654 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,030 4 0 795.2
2003 Q1 3,183 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,896 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 10,376 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 10,003 7 1 699.8
2002 Q1 8,741 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,781 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,050 2 0 248.4
2001 Q2 9,372 4 1 426.8
2001 Q1 8,632 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,015 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,302 1 0 136.9
2000 Q2 7,331 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 8,052 2 1 248.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2004 · 3 incidents

August 11, 2004 WV · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Emp. reports he had gone under a handrail onto a 15" plank on the dredge middle deck with 1-1/2" hose to rinse sand out of chute that runs into #2 crusher. He pulled on hose to release slack. Hose fell between plank & sand tank pulling him to lower deck. Was not wearing fall protection.

July 17, 2004 WV · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using high pressure hose to clean deck of dredge when he lost his grip-the hose struck him in groin.

February 28, 2004 WV · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall onto or against objects

CO-WORKER WAS MOVING DREDGE, EE WAS IN KITCHEN OF VESSEL. INJURED EE STATES THAT HE STEPPED ON CHAIR TO RETREAVE GLASSES FROM THE TOP CABINET, LOST HIS BALANCE, FALLING INTO A WINDOW. BOTH OF HIS HANDS WENT THRU GLASS.

2002 · 2 incidents

September 25, 2002 WV · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOSE CLAMP ON HOSE WAS STUCK OUT, WHEN WATER WAS TURNED ON PRESSURE FORCED HOSE BACK AND CUT HAND.

2000 · 4 incidents

May 10, 2000 WV · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE DREDGE ONTO THE TRANSFER BOAT WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING. AS THE EMPLOYEE FELL, HE SKINNED HIS SHIN ON THE FRONT OF THE TRANSFER BOAT.

March 14, 2000 WV · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall onto or against objects

THE EE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON THE "SAND SIDE", THAT HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS RIGHT SHIN ON A SINGLE AGGREGATE. THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED THE INCIDENT AND CONTINUED TO WORK. THE SHIN LA TER BECAME INFECTED AND REQUIRED MEDICAL HELP ON3-19-20.

January 10, 2000 WV · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING FROM THE DREDGE DECK UP ONTO A SAND BARGE THAT WAS BEING LOADED. THE EE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE LADDER.

January 8, 2000 WV · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE TRASH CHUTE WHEN HE WAS STEPPING OVER A SERIES OF 2 BAFFLES. THE EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE NEGOTIATING THE BAFFLES. THE EMPLOYEE FINISHED HIS SHIFT A ND REPORTED THE INJURY 1/9/00.

1999 · 1 incident

1995 · 1 incident

September 29, 1995 WV · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING CRANE TO LIFT PLATES FOR CRUSHER. LOAD LINE LET LOOSE. HEADACHE BALL HIT EMPLOYEE IN HEAD.

1992 · 1 incident

September 9, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED 5-TON CHAIN BLOCKS WERE HOOKED TO A CHAIN ON PUMP IMPELLER. HE AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE PULLING ON BLOCKS TRYING TO BREAK IMPELLER LOOSE. CHAIN BROKE. RECOIL CAUSED CHAIN BLOCKS TO DISENGAGE, FALLING TO DECK. HOOK ON CHAIN HIY HIM IN TOP OF HEAD.

1990 · 1 incident

December 13, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLS WERE CARRYING CYLINDER HEAD WHICH WEIGHTED200 LB FOR 471 DETROIT GENERATOR SET ON LUCAS DE\REDGE. DREDGE SHIFTED & THREW BOTH EMPLS INTO GUARD RAIL. INJ'S RIGHT THUMB GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CYLINDER HEAD & GUARD RAIL SMASHING & CUTTING THUMB.