The rig welder was cutting on a 2" pipe with a 7" metabo disc. The welder was in the process of cutting out a weld tack on the bottom side of the pipe. The welder was on EE's knees when the grinder kick back at EE, cutting EE's left cheek. The welder was using EE's welding hood for protection from the sparks and debris.
PR Spring Mine Metal/Non-Metal
PR Spring Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $123 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2016
- Latest incident
- Nov 2016
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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.PR Spring Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $123 outstanding across 0 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 |
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| 2020 Q2 | 905 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 8,926 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,825 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 10,723 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 7,041 | 4 | 0 | 568.1 |
| 2016 Q4 | 7,604 | 1 | 0 | 131.5 |
| 2016 Q3 | 10,184 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,056 | 6 | 1 | 5681.8 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2015 Q4 | 7,235 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 11,256 | 1 | 0 | 88.8 |
| 2014 Q4 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
2 on file2016 · 2 incidents
The injured employee was working from a height of about 14 feet. What led to this event was that another employee was removing a drive pulley off the crusher. Injured employee took it upon self to help without donning any fall protection.
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