EE WAS ADJUSTING CHAIN ON CRUSHER CONE TO TIGHTEN CONE ONTO PLANT WHEN LEFT HAND SMALL FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN CRUSHER & CHAIN. CHAIN TIGHTENED & EE PULLED HAND AWAY LEAVING GLOVE & END OF FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN & CRUSHER. EE WAS TAKEN TO OFFICE, GIVEN FIRST AID & TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL - COULD NOT ATTACH FINGER TIP.
Portable Metal/Non-Metal
Ormond Bushey & Sons Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Ormond Bushey Jr
Essex Junction,
Chittenden County,
VT
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300471
Portable has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2003
- Latest incident
- May 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
34
citations
9
significant & substantial
$3,076
proposed penalties
$3,076
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
267
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: 267 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Portable has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-12-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 475 | 1 | 0 | 2105.3 |
| 2012 Q3 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 729 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 442 | 2 | 0 | 4524.9 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,438 | 3 | 0 | 2086.2 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q2 | 822 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,238 | 2 | 1 | 1615.5 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 452 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,327 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,070 | 3 | 0 | 2803.7 |
| 2008 Q1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,234 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 575 | 2 | 1 | 3478.3 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,857 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 27777.8 |
| 2005 Q3 | 2,395 | 6 | 1 | 2505.2 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,554 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,523 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 2,056 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 680 | 2 | 0 | 2941.2 |
| 2003 Q3 | 2,069 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,209 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,121 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,670 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,789 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 1,323 | 4 | 2 | 3023.4 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,492 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 2,340 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 2,675 | 6 | 3 | 2243.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 1,530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 628 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2003 · 1 incident
May 24, 2003
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ormond Bushey & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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