EE and another ee saw big rock in pile that shouldn't be there. We're inspecting screen panel condition & discharge cluck flop gate position. Both men were on opposite sides of catwalk. EE put his hand inside chute and the other ee pulled a lever on the other side. The gate was closed on ee thumb. He received 5 stitches on his thumb and lost his nail.
Gifford Central Metal/Non-Metal
Bluff City Materials, Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Michael P Vondra
Elgin,
Cook County,
IL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103264
Gifford Central has $4K 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2014
- Latest incident
- Aug 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
30
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,512
proposed penalties
$3,512
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
9
inspections on record
159
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: 159 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Gifford Central has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-10-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q3 | 2,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,269 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 4,178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 3,460 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,484 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 8,206 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 7,114 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q2 | 12,238 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 7,642 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 4,994 | 12 | 0 | 2402.9 |
| 2016 Q3 | 7,185 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 7,343 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,209 | 5 | 0 | 2263.5 |
| 2015 Q4 | 7,659 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 7,674 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 8,532 | 4 | 1 | 468.8 |
| 2015 Q1 | 3,412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 6,013 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 6,708 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 5,885 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,599 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 5,124 | 9 | 2 | 1756.4 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,340 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2014 · 1 incident
August 9, 2014
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluff City Materials, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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