The injured employee was tightening bolts on cutting edges (segments) of a FEL. Employee secured the bottom of the bolt with their hand. When the nut was driven with an impact gun, the bolt spun and cut the hand. The laceration required medical treatment; 3 sutures.
GP 500 Metal/Non-Metal
GP 500 has $16K 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
- 4
- Years on record
- 2016–2018
- Latest incident
- Jun 2018
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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.GP 500 has $16K 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,140 | 1 | 0 | 467.3 |
| 2019 Q2 | 4,240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 7,948 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 7,958 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 8,688 | 5 | 3 | 575.5 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,173 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 7,616 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 8,331 | 4 | 1 | 480.1 |
| 2017 Q2 | 6,861 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 856 | 1 | 1 | 1168.2 |
| 2016 Q4 | 5,779 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 5,222 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 4,970 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 33333.3 |
| 2015 Q4 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,184 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,534 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 347 | 2 | 1 | 5763.7 |
| 2014 Q3 | 794 | 6 | 2 | 7556.7 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,090 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 463 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 671 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,012 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 396 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,163 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,538 | 1 | 0 | 650.2 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,369 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,107 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,564 | 4 | 1 | 2557.5 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 434 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,849 | 8 | 1 | 4326.7 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 956 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,401 | 11 | 5 | 7851.5 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,135 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 744 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,151 | 1 | 0 | 868.8 |
| 2007 Q4 | 583 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,379 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,054 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 696 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,396 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 442 | 5 | 2 | 11312.2 |
| 2006 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 801 | 3 | 0 | 3745.3 |
| 2005 Q2 | 423 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 497 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 426 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 758 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 577 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 638 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 414 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 382 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 670 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 586 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q4 | 493 | 5 | 1 | 10142.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,001 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 999 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 670 | 2 | 1 | 2985.1 |
| 2000 Q2 | 491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
4 on file2018 · 2 incidents
The injured employee was removing a cutting edge from a FEL; this involved using an impact gun to remove bolt / nuts which secure the edge to the bucket. The employee did not adequately secure the bolt and their hand was lacerated when the bolt head spun with the nut.
2016 · 2 incidents
A miner was freeing a stuck chain from the segments of a cutting edge using a steel hammer. The hammer inadvertently struck the cutting edge and a piece of shrapnel was ejected and lodged in the miner's upper thigh. The object was removed at the local health care provider; cleaned and sutured a small laceration.
An employee was injured when removing a pin which secured a steel plate. The steel plate rotated when a second pin was removed. When the plate rotated, it struck and pinched the employees arm / elbow between the steel plate and the frame of a jaw crusher. Conditions which contributed to the event include a weld failure, rigging misalignment and poor body positioning.
The full compliance file on GP 500
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.