Mining Incidents

PIONEER #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rick Massuch
Lenawee County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002477

MSHA record for PIONEER #3 (mine ID 2002477). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1992–1999
Latest incident
Sep 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
1
inspections on record
5
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 5 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,020 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,972 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1999 · 1 incident

September 13, 1999 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Waterland Trucking Service Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EQUIP OPERATOR ON GROUND DID NOT ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH THE OPERATOR BEFORE CROSSING THE PATH OF HIS TRUCK. OPERATOR ON GROUND WAS HIT WITH THE TURN SIGNAL ON THE TRUCK WHEN THE TRUCK PULLED

1992 · 1 incident

June 18, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Waterland Trucking Service Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

ROCK WAS CAUGHT IN GRAVEL PLANT FEEDER SYSTEM DOOR INTO FEEDER HAD BOLTS THAT HAD TO BE CUT OFF WITH A TORCH EMPLOYEE WAS UNAWARE THAT THERE WAS PRESSURE ON DOOR UNTIL ALL BOLTS WERE CUT OFF D OOR SWUNG OPEN WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO HIT TORCH WHICH WAS IN EMPLOYEES RT HAND CAUSING TORCH TO SWING ACROSS LEFT ARM BURNING SAME

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