Money Pit Mine: 393 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Checking drive belt on Bagging Plant and it pulled finger between belt and pulley. Crushed right pinkey finger.

Standing with hand in doorjam of shipping container. Wind caught the door and slammed finger.

strained neck, shoulder and back while transitioning from kneeling to standing while under loader. Hit head on the loader with hard hat on.

Strained right shoulder while back dragging rocks with shovel off of conveyor belt.

Employee was unloading steel plates from pallet on forklift. one of the forks slipped and hit employee in right knee causing cut and swelling. Employee was taking to quick care and treated. Returned to work with light duty on 2-20-14. Resumed to full duty as of 2-26-14

Caught finger on clip on conveyor and ripped open finger.

EE was cleaning on top of the hopper and slipped.

Was stacking bags on the pallet, sand came out the holes from the bag and shot in his eye.

Employee was welding when a piece of slag dripped off the metal end onto his foot. The slag then burned through his boot and onto his toe.

Broke bone in right foot after a piece of steel fell on his right foot.

While repairing catwalk with cutting torch a piece of metal went into eye.

PARTS RUNNER DELIVERING PARTS TO MINE SITE SLIPPED AND FELL ON DOOR JAM GOING INTO PARTS ROOM. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A BACK STRAIN. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. EMPLOYEE WAS ON LITE DUTY RESTRICTIVE WORK ONLY. EMPLOYEE RELEASED TO FULL DUTY STATUS 2-3-2005.

WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A MOTOR BOX THE SOCKET SLIPPED AND LEFT HAND WAS SLAMMED IN BETWEEN BAR AND MOTOR BOX. INJURY WAS SUSTAINED TO LEFT OPINKY FINGER. TREATMENT WAS GIVEN AT MANAGED CARE FACILITY. THERE WAS A FRACTURE TO THE LEFT PINKY. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK 5/14/04.

WHILE DRILLING THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT THE DOOR SHUT ON HIS LEFT HAND.

OPERATOR WAS FILING THE SURGE PILE WHEN HE NOTICED THE LONG TOWARD FEED BELT HAD STOPED HE PROCEDED TO STOP THE LOADER AND JUMP FROM THE TOP STEP OF THE LOADER TO THE GROUND WHICH RESULTED IN HIS INJURY.

EE SAID HE WAS CHECKING BELT ALIGNMENT WICH CAN BE SEEN FROM OFFICE HE THEN CLIMBED UP ON BARMACSAID HE LOST BALANCE GRABED DRIVE BELTS THAT FEED CRUSHER RAN HIS HAND AROUND SHAFT BREAKING 2 FINGERS HE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON CRUSHER HE DID NOT HAVE AN EXPLANATION WHY HE DID IT MY ASSESMENT SAFETY VIOLATION, CARLESSNESS, WORK QUALIFICATION

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING ON DRIVE BELT WHEN HIS HANDSLIPPED AND HIT A PIECE OF METAL WHICH INJURED THE THUMB OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS CARRYING A BOTTLE OF WATER (5 GAL.) WHEN SHE MISSED A STEP ON THE STAIRS AND FELL RESULTING IN A BADLY SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.

THE SCALEMAN WAS WALKING OUT OF THE SCALE OFFICEWHEN A GUST OF WIND AGGIGATED DIRT AROUND THE SCALE HOUSE RESULTING IN DUST GETTING INTO HIS EYES

EE WAS PUTTING BATTERIES IN THE STORAGE CONTAINER FROM THE SERVICE TRUCK. HE WAS ASKKED IF HE NEEDED ANY HELP & HE SAID NO. AS HE WAS LIFTING ONE OF THE BATTERIES HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE THEN PUT THE BATTERY DOWN AND INFORMED THE OPERATIONS MANAGER THAT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK.

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WHEN THE SLAG POPPED IN HIS FACE.

THE OPERATOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHUTTING DOWNTHE CRUSHER DUE TO OVERLOADING OF MATERIAL. THE NORMAL STOP BUTTONS ON THE PANEL CONTROL BOX FAILED TO WORK. THE EE OPENED UP THE PANEL TO SHUT DOWN THE CURSHER DOWN BY MEANS OF CLOSING THE BREAKER. IT SEEMED LIKE THE BREAKER WAS NOT WORKING SO THE EE DECIDED TO HIT THE BREAKER WITH HIS FOOT RESULTING IN HIS GETTING SHOCKED W/ELEC

THE EE WAS CHECKING OUT THE CRUSHER. AS HE DISMOUNTED/CLIMBED OFF OF THE CRUSHER HE GRABBED A HOISTING EYE ON THE CRUSHER (FOR BALANCE) AND LOST HIS FOOTING SLIPPING RESULTING IN A BROKEN FING ER.

THE WORK CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL WITH EXCEPTION OF THE 115DEGREE HEAT

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FABRICATING AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF STEEL. AFTER PICKING UP THE STEEL HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. (THEREFORE HURTING HIS LOWER BACK.)

AS THE OPERATOR WAS SHUTTING DOWN THE EQUIPMENT FOR THAT SHIFT, EXITING THE CAB OF THE DOZER. MATERIAL HAD ACCUMLATED AROUND THE CATWALK THROUGHOUT THE TIME OF OPERATION OF THE DOZER. THE OPER ATOR STEPED OUT OF THE CAB ONTO THE CATWALK AND SLIPPED ON THE SMALL AGGREGATE THAT HAD ACCUM. ON THE CATWALK. THE OPERATOR GRABBED THE SOFTEY RAIL (HANDLE) ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOZER TO PRE

WAS CUTTING FEED SHOT TO EAST ALLIS SCREEN DECK TO REPAIR IT. STEEL BROKE LOOSE AND HIT FOOT.

WHILE SHOVELING SAND FROM WALKWAY VICTIM SUDDENLY COMPLAINED OF LEFT SHOULDER PAIN PHYSICIAN RESULT SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.

59339M PUT LEFT HAND ON RETURN CONVEYOR BELT LOCATED UNDERNEATH FRONT OF SIMPLICITY SHAKER SCREEN ON PRIMARY CRUSHER, CAUSING VICTIM'S HAND AND ARM TO BE PULLED BETWEEN CONVEYOR ROLLER AND BEL 3?009ESULTING IN SHOULDER STRAIN AND MINOR ABRASIONS AND BURNS.

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING OLD CONVEYOR AND INSTALLING NEW CONVEYOR A STRINGLINE STRUNG FOR PLACEMENT BECAME CAUGHT ON OLD CONVEYOR WHEN CRANE PICKED IT UP.VICTIM STEPPED UPON UNINSTALLE D NEW CONVEYOR APPROX 3 FT HIGH WHICH WAS LYING ON THE GROUND AND SPRANG UP TO FREE THE STRINGLINE WHEN VICTIM CAME DOWN,HE FELL OFF THE SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR FRACTURING RIGHT FIBULA.

ON 8-9-89, MINE INSPECTOR I.NAME ARRIVED AT OUR MINE. HE INSTRUCTED OUR MINE FOREMAN TO PRY A LARGE ROCK LOOSE WITH A METAL BAR. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE DID AS HE WAS TOLD. IN DOING SO, THE RICK AND HE FELL, INJURING HIM.

3 MEN WERE TRYI3G TO ADJUST THE ROLL CRUSHER BY USING A CHAIN AND A FRONT END LOADER TO OPEN THE CRUSHER THEY THEN PLACED A TRUCK LEAF SPRING IN THE CRUSHER TO HOLD IT APART THE CHAIN BROKE T HE CRUSHER ROLL9D BACK LETTING THE SPRING LOOSE GOING UP AND OUT STRIKING 2 OF THE MEN

3 MEN WERE TRYI3G TO ADJUST THE ROLL CRUSHER BY USING A CHAIN AND A FRONT END LOADER TO OPEN THE CRUSHER. THEY THEN PLACED A TRUCK LEAF SPRING IN THE CRUSHER TO HOLD IT APART. THE CHAIN BROKE, THE CRUSHER ROL5ED BACK LETTING THE SPRING LOOSE GOING UP AND OUT STRIKING 2 OF THE MEN.

I,NAME WAS INST9UCTING ANOTHER PERSON TO PRESS A CERTAIN SWITCH AND HE PRESSED THE WRONG ONE.

WORKING ON AIR COMPRESSOR AND UNEXPECTLY EXHAUSTED BY EAR