Employee was removing small limb from between the back of dozer blade and hard nose when he felt pain in his lower back. Resulted in tear at L5 S1 disc level.
Red Onion No. 1 Coal
Red Onion No. 1 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $369 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 61
- Years on record
- 1983–2010
- Latest incident
- Apr 2010
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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.Red Onion No. 1 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $369 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
61 on file2010 · 1 incident
1989 · 2 incidents
PUMPING SOLIDS OUT OF HOLE TO RESET CLEAN UP PUMP USING GAS PUMP WAS PICKING SUCTION LINE UP DOWN TO GET PUMP TO PICK UP.
HE WAS TRYING TO WORK THE TAILSHAFT OF THE CONVEYOR INTO PLACE. IT WAS A TIGHT FIT AND HE WAS TRYING TO FORCE THE SHAFT INTO PLACE.
1988 · 14 incidents
EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN SEX INCH CLARIFIED LINEDRAIN VALVE WHILE APPLYING EXCESSIVE FORCE EMPL WAS USING A 24 INCH PIPE WRENCH AND HAD ASSUMED A BENT POSITION WHILE EXERTING FORCE TO OPEN VALVE EMPL BENT FORM THE WAIST AND PULLED ON THE VALVE STEM WITH A WRENCH EMPL HAD PREVIOUSLY INJUREDHIS BACK IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
EMPL COMPLAINED WITH BACK BURTING ON 12/2/88 THOUGHT IT WAS HIS KIDNEYS HURTING HIM WENT TO DR ON 12/5/88 TO HAVE PAIN CHECKED. DR RAN TESSTS & DETERMINED HE HAD STRAINED MUSCLES IN LEFT LOW ER BACK.
EMP WA USING CHAIN FALL PULING OLD GATE SLID E OUT THE LOAD CHAIN WAS ATTACHED TO A CONVEYOR CHAIN LINK THAT WAS WELDED TO THE GATE SLIDE. WHIEL EMP WAS PULLING ON THE CHAIN THE WELD BROKE A ND STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REGULAR CAR DROPPER TAKE 8 CARS OF LOADED COAL TO THE LOWER YARD. WHEN CARS BEGAN TO PICK UP SPEED. EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO USE THE HEEL OF HIS FOOT TO TIGHTEN THE BROKE ON CAR RESULTING IN BACK STRAIN.
SLIPPED WHILE TRYING TO OPEN WATER VALVE CAUGHT SELF ON PIPE AND STRAINED MUSCLE.
STANDING ON PIPE FOOT SLIPPED & FELL AGAINST MOTOR BASE
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF METAL WHEN FINISHED SAID HE HAD PAININ HIS RT ELBOW
EMP WAS STANDING ON CONE RING WITH WEIGHT ON RT LEG AND RT HIP RESTING ON UPPER CONE RING CAUSING RT HIP OUT OF JOINT
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC REMOVE A WINDOW FRAME AND A 3 FT X 3 FT SECTION OF SIDEING FROM THE PLANT TO CHANGE OUT A DUSTER TABLE MECHANIC USED A HAMMER TO FREE UP SECTION AND IT F ELL CAT CHING LEFT HAND AGAINST 3 IN CHANNEL CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING FOUR SUPPORT BRACES FROM A GUIDE SLEEVE IN ORDER TO PULL THE SHAFT UP.THE LOWER AGITATOR CAME LOOSE FROM THE SHAFT STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED INSPECTION DOOR FROM DRYER AND SET IT IN FLOOR. THE DOOR SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND FELL ONTO HIS FOOT.
EMP. WAS SHOVELING GOB AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE-REOCURRENCE OF AN OLD INJURY. STARTED LOOSING TIME ON 1-23-88.
EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING TWO FIVE GALLON, CONTAINERS OF FUEL OIL ACROSS MAIN RAILROAD TRACKS INTO PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE. EMPLOYEE FELL ON ONE OF THE METAL CONTAINERS CAUSING FOUR BROKEN RI BS. 3
HE WAS GOING TO3GET PARTS TO FIX MIDDS DRYER. THERE WAS ICE ON STEPS AND HE FELL.
1987 · 22 incidents
EMPL WORKING ON3PLUGGED AERATOR BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP IT WAS PLUGGED AND PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK.WEIGHED 20-25 LB PLUGGED.
HE LEFT GRATING3UP GOING TO MIDDS AND STEPPED IN HOLE HE STEPPED OVER IT ONCE AND AS HE WAS GOING BACK HE FORGOT ABOUT IT
EMPL SHOVELING 1OB AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK OPEN CAR DOOR & HAD RIGHT FOOT UP ON TOE BOARD & DOOR CAME OPEN STRUCK FOOT CAUSING BRUISE
STEPPING THROUG2 CAB ON LOCOMOTIVE BUMPED HEAD ON CAB CAUSING STRAIN TO NECK.
HE WAS WAITING 0OR BRAKEMAN TO GIVE SIGNAL TO MOVE LOCOMOTIVE HE WAS ON GROUND AND STARTED TO GET ON LOCOMOTIVE AND FOOT MISSED STEP
CLOSING CAR DOO9 ON EMPTY RR CAR.DOOR HARD TO CLOSE HE WAS PUTTING LOTS OF PRESSURE ON BAR AND THE BAR SLIP.
EE WAS TAKING S5ACK OUT OF CONVEYOR WITH 24" CRESCENT WRENCH & OVER EXERTED STRAINING MUSCLE IN SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HA4MERING A COUPLING OFF OF A SPEED REDUCER SHAFT, WHEN HE MISHIT THE COUPLING AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH THE HAMMER CAUSING PAIN AND SWELLING.
EMPLOYEE WAS RU3NING WIRE THROUGH CONDUIT. THERE WAS AND OLD SECTION OF 4" PIPE GOING THROUGH A WALL AND WAS NOT SECURED. HE GRABBED THE PIPE AND IT ROLLED OVER MASHING HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS BE3T OVER PUSHING ON 24 INCH ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO MOVE MOTOR TO TAKE SLACK OUT OF BELTS AND STRAINED BACK.
DISMANTLING CRA3E BOOM WHEN PINS KNOCKED OUT FRONT SECTION OF BOOM FELL OFF CRIB BLOCKS
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING UP FLOOR, HE STOOPED OVER AND STARTED TO LIFT A WORN PUMP IMPELLER OUT OF GOB. HE LIFTED AND STRAINED MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG AN ELECTRIC IMPACT WRENCH TO REMOVE THE HEAD ON A PUMP. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE FORWARD AND REVERSE BUTTON IS ON THIS PARTICULAR BRAND OF WRENCH, HE PUSHED THE BUTTON THE WR ONGE WAY. 3
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HIS LOWER BACK BECAME BRUISED AFTER DRIVING A EUCLID HAULER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE ROUGHNESS OF THE RIDE OF THE TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MA5ING PIECE OF PIPE IT SHIFTED CATCHING HAND BETWEEN PIPE AND MOTOR BASE.
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 BETWEEN TWO ELVEVATED 8 INCH PIPES WHILE WASHING DOWN THE FLOOR. AS HE WAS WASHING HE STEPPED BACK AND TRIPPED OVER THE HIGHER OF THE TWO PIPES. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE FORGOT ABOUT THE PIPE1 THE FALL RESULTED IN A POSTERIOR DISLOCATION OF THE RIGHT SHOULDER.
ACCIDENT OCCURR9D ON 9-11-86 AND WAS REPORTED (NOT ON 86 FICHE DATED 2-12-87).EMPL STARTED LOSING TIME AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT 2-8-87.
EMP WAS TAKING 9ETAINER ROPE OFF CAR USING FOOT TO GET SLACK AT SAME TIME OPERATOR PULLED ROPE BACK PINNING LEG AGAINST CAR
EE WAS THROWING3SWITCH TO LET R/R CART PASS.
TWISTED KNEE WH3LE CRAWLING UNDER FLIGHT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING SKIRT RUBBER FROM BELT LINE WHEN THE SKIRT RUBBER BECAME FOULED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO PULL ON THE RUBBER TRYING TO FREE IT UP AND PULLED INJURED EMPLOYEE HAND INTO SH XX SKIRT BOARD 7ATCHING HIS THUMB NAIL AND PULLING IT OFF.
1986 · 5 incidents
EE WAS USING HS3 FOOT TO SLIGN DRAW HEADS BETWEEN 2 R/R CARS WHEN THE CAR LOADER MOVED THE CARS TOGETHER THUS CATCHING HIS FOOT IN BETWEEN THE DRAW HEADS.
EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING DOWN OF RAIL ROAD CAR AND STEPPED IN DITCH ALONG SIDE OF TRACK AND SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE DITCH WAS CREATED BY RAILROAD MAINTENANCE CREW FOR TREACK DRAINAGE.
INJURY DUE TO T2PE OF WORK EMPL DOES.CONSTANT STRAIN FROM TIGHTENING BRAKES ON RR CARS HAS CAUSED A PINCHED NERVE IN UPPER PART OF LEFT SHOULDER.
EE WAS PUSHING 6ELT MAGNET INTO PLACE AFTER CLEANING SCRAP FROM IT & STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMP WAS HOOKING3CAR RETARDER CHAIN TO RR CAR AND SLIPPED ON ICE TWISTING HIS NIRIGHT LEG BEHINEHIM
1985 · 2 incidents
EE WAS CHANGING CHAIN ON SPROCKET HE PICKED UP A BUMNDLE OF CHAIN & IN THE PROCESS OF THROWING IT TO ONE SIDE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMP ENTERED PLAT OFFICE AND WHEN HE TURNED CORNER FROM ENTRACE HALL TO FOREMANS OFFICE HIS FEET SLIPPED FROM UNER HIM AND HE FELL TO THE FLOOR
1984 · 6 incidents
EE WAS LOADING BAGS OF MAGNITE ONTO ELEVATOR WHILE LIFTING & PULLING ON MAGNETITE HE RUPTURED HIMSELF.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON 24IN WRENCH TO ADJUST DIST CONVEYOR GATES AND FELT PAIN IN HER STOMACH
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING HOIST ROPE HOOK UP TO SIDE OF RAILRAOD CAR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BRAKE ON RAILROAD CAR THE BRAKE SLIPPED CAUSING HIS BACK TO SNAP BACK AND STRAINING IT.
EMP WAS CLEANING ROCK FROM BREAKER CHUTE WHILE STANDING INSIDE BREAKER ROCK CAME LOOSE BOUNCED OFF SIDE OF CHUTE AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT LEG
EMP WAS HELPING REMOVE BREAKER TIRE WITH PRY BAR THE BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER AGAINST BREAKER
1983 · 9 incidents
EE WAS CROSSING OVER BETWEEN R/R CARS WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM DRAWHEAD HE STRAINED HIS KNEE.
UNLOADING BARRELS OF OIL FROM WAREHOUSE SUPPLY TRUCK, ONE OF THE DRUMS ROLLED ONTO RAIL STRIKING SOME OBJECT AND CCAUSING IT OT FLY TO HIS RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS STANDING ON DRAWHEAD OF R/R TO TIGHTEN BRAKE & WHILE PULLING ON BRAKE WHEEL FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA.
USING SMALL PIECE OF PIPE TO UNPLUG LARGER PIPE WHILE PUNCHING TO LOOSEN SOLIDS IN PIPE,FELT PAIN IN MIDDLE OF CHEST AREA.
WHILE UNPLUGGING VOR-SIEVE SCREEN WITH A PIECE OF 2 X 4 LUMBER, WITH RUBBER ON ONE END THE 2 X 4 BOUNCED BACK AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS NOSE
HE WAS TIGHTENING BRAKE ON RR CAR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER WHILE PULLING ON BRAKE WHEEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING ELECTRIC IMPACT WRECH TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM HUMBOLT DAYER BASKET AND THROU WRENCH SHORTED OUT AND HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
EMP WAS DROPPING RAILROAD CARS FROM SHUTOUT FACILITIES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE CAR DOORS WHICH WERE WARPED AND WOULD NOT CLOSE HE C AUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN CAR AND CAR DOOR
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING FROM RAILROAD CAR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON BOTTOM LADDER RUNG CAUSING HIM TO SWING HIS BODY AGAINST SIDE OF CAR
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