Employee was observing other employee check grinder from about 8 feet away. When grinder powered up, wheel came apart. Fragment from wheel hit employee in left ear.
Gray Mountain Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Gray Mountain Pit has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1996–2006
- Latest incident
- Dec 2006
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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.Gray Mountain Pit has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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.ⓘ
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q1 | 632 | 2 | 0 | 3164.6 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,612 | 3 | 1 | 1861.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,851 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,320 | 3 | 0 | 2272.7 |
| 2009 Q1 | 488 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 2,511 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,592 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 2,666 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q1 | 2,509 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 3,383 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,934 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 2,815 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 2,563 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2,947 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 2,269 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,984 | 6 | 2 | 3024.2 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 1,784 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 2,200 | 6 | 0 | 2727.3 |
| 2005 Q2 | 2,282 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 887 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,116 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 3,037 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 4,520 | 2 | 1 | 442.5 |
| 2004 Q1 | 2,075 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 6,049 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 5,958 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 4,956 | 2 | 0 | 403.6 |
| 2003 Q1 | 2,774 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 6,025 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 5,553 | 11 | 7 | 1980.9 |
| 2002 Q2 | 6,186 | 8 | 3 | 1293.2 |
| 2002 Q1 | 3,625 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 4,958 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 5,469 | 1 | 1 | 182.8 |
| 2001 Q2 | 5,780 | 5 | 2 | 865.1 |
| 2001 Q1 | 3,089 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 4,996 | 8 | 0 | 1601.3 |
| 2000 Q3 | 5,555 | 22 | 5 | 3960.4 |
| 2000 Q2 | 5,571 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 5,469 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
2 on file2006 · 1 incident
1996 · 1 incident
EE WAS DISMOUNTING THE WHEEL LOADER AFTER PARKING IT. HE STEPPED AWKWARDLY ON THE GROUND, STRAINING KNEE & CAUSING A FRACTURE. THIS WAS NOT DURING MINING OPERATION - EE WAS USING LOADER TO RET RIEVE STRANDED COW IN POND.
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