Drilling Boulders with sinking hammer to be shot miss stepped on small 5 inch rock lost balance and fell to ground, tried to stop fall w/ left arm and fractured left radius bone
Pinenut Metal/Non-Metal
Pinenut has $55K 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
- 21
- Years on record
- 1986–2015
- Latest incident
- Jun 2015
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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.Pinenut has $55K 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q4 | 3,299 | 2 | 0 | 606.2 |
| 2015 Q3 | 11,011 | 4 | 2 | 363.3 |
| 2015 Q2 | 13,877 | 8 | 1 | 576.5 |
| 2015 Q1 | 12,102 | 2 | 1 | 165.3 |
| 2014 Q4 | 11,472 | 11 | 1 | 958.9 |
| 2014 Q3 | 12,378 | 2 | 0 | 161.6 |
| 2014 Q2 | 14,584 | 2 | 0 | 137.1 |
| 2014 Q1 | 13,170 | 3 | 0 | 227.8 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q4 | 10,556 | 2 | 0 | 189.5 |
| 2013 Q3 | 12,514 | 5 | 3 | 399.6 |
| 2013 Q2 | 10,863 | 11 | 0 | 1012.6 |
| 2013 Q1 | 10,638 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 11,362 | 7 | 2 | 616.1 |
| 2012 Q3 | 9,998 | 14 | 5 | 1400.3 |
| 2012 Q2 | 9,138 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 9,213 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 3,899 | 2 | 1 | 513.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 10,897 | 5 | 0 | 458.8 |
| 2011 Q2 | 5,008 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 691 | 3 | 1 | 4341.5 |
| 2010 Q4 | 3,161 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,192 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 62500.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 9803.9 |
| 2009 Q2 | 767 | 2 | 0 | 2607.6 |
| 2009 Q1 | 922 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
21 on file2015 · 1 incident
2014 · 3 incidents
While bolting a rib with a jackleg drill the miner twisted his knee while pulling the drill out of drill hole. Third Dr visit showed a torn ACL on 11/11/14
Miner was helping another miner bolting a rib with a jack leg drill and when pulling drill out of hole he placed his finger in pinch point between leg and drill
Miner was lifting half of a 150 lb. deck grate and suffered a hernia on right side
2013 · 4 incidents
Miner was drilling a hole in the rib and after completion of the hole leaned the drill against the rib and had his hand in a pinch point between the dog nut of the steel and the chuck of the drill.
Miner was drilling a raise round when his chuck tender broke on his jackleg drill causing the drill to come off the drill steel and the steel fell out of the hole striking his finger breaking it.
This is an injury or illness from repetition of work duties, not related to one instance, symptoms are numbness in hands and tingling of neck.
Miner was hanging utilities and slipped on wet ground, falling and landing on a jagged rock with his right forearm, causing a cut near the elbow, requiring 4 stitches.
2012 · 2 incidents
Driller slipped on a small bit of grease and fell straining his knee.
While drilling with a jackleg, the jackleg was extended up faster than its penetration rate and broke off the steel, the hammer drill then struck the face of the Miner
1988 · 6 incidents
EMPL TIGHTENING SIDE RODS ON 123 DRILL AND WRENCH SLIPPED OFF NUT HITTING HIM IN MOUTH CHIPPING SEVERAL TEETH.
EMPLOYEE WAS STAGING UP IN RAISE WHEN A ROCK APPROX. 150# FELL FROM HANGING WALL HITTING HIM IN LEFT ARM. LACERATION WAS DEEP, REQUIRING 10 PLUS STITCHES.
WHILE DRILLING RAISE ROUND ROCK CHIPPED FROM FACE & CUT ARM
ROCK HIT BUCKET WHILE MUCKING AND CHIP FLEW OFF HITTING MINER IN EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN GETTING READY TO BOLT UP WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BACK HITTING HIM ON THUMB OF RIGHT HAND CAUSING CHIP FRACTURE.
WHILE DRILLING A RAISE ROUND EMP HIT IN CHIN AND SHOULDER WITH FALLING ROCK
1987 · 4 incidents
MINER WAS DRILL3NG BOLT HOLES IN BACK AT THE 3820 LEVEL WHEN A SLAB HIT HIM IN THE LEFT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING 5 GALLON BUCKET OF PARTS,FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM, CAUSING PAIN TO LOWER BACK.
MAN WAS FASTENI3G SPADS TO RIB THE FASTENING DENSE CAUSED A PIECE OF ROCK TO RICOCHET
MINER WAS WATER3NG DOWN MUCK PILE AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT A ROCK FROM UNKNOWN ORIGIN HIT HIM IN BACK OF HEAD RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED 5 STITCHES
1986 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE A TOPL5NDER WAS LIFTING TIMBER AND RUPTURED DISC IN BACK.
The full compliance file on Pinenut
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.