WE WERE CHANGING HER ON 45" CRUSHER CONE. EE HAD A 3'X2" SHAFT, HIS HAD WAS ON, THE END AND HE BUMPED THE CRUSHER. THIS SMASHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN HE BUMPED THE CRUSHER. THIS SMASHED, HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND CONE. HE TOLD ME ABOUT ITI SAID TO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT. IT BECAME INFECTED, SENT HIM TO THE DR.
HERBST PIT Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for HERBST PIT (mine ID 0504450). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1996–1998
- Latest incident
- Mar 1998
Reportable incidents
3 on file1998 · 1 incident
1997 · 1 incident
THERE WAS SNOW AND ICE COVERING SOME FROZEN SAND. EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE PILE AND SLIPPED. HE FELL AND TWISTED HIS BACK. IT DID NOT HURT HIM UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. HEWAS SENT TO URGENT MEDICAL A ND THEN TO A DOCTOR. IT WAS NOT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND HE IS ABLE TO DO ALL OF HIS DUTIES.
1996 · 1 incident
EE WAS PICKING MUD ON A CONVEYOR WHEN A LARGE PIECE OF SHALE CAME BY. THE EE TRIED TO REMOVE THE ROCK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN.
The full compliance file on HERBST PIT
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.