Mining Incidents

S&S Quarry Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Timothy A Eddy
Sitka, Sitka County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001939

S&S Quarry Crusher has $95K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
May 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
18
citations
8
significant & substantial
$94,945
proposed penalties
$58,081
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $36,864 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
7
inspections on record
92
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: 92 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

S&S Quarry Crusher has $95K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$95K
proposed penalties
$69K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-06-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation 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
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 672 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,148 15 8 6983.2
2014 Q1 425 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 241 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 489 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 394 1 0 2538.1
2012 Q2 566 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 179 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,414 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

May 6, 2014 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
S&S General Contractors and Equipment Rental Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

During maintenance, parts on the conveyor were replaced. The belt was started up at low idle for tension and tracking, with tail pulley unguarded. A labors arm was entangled in the smooth (none fluted) tail pulley, causing cuts, nerve damage and broken bone (s) injury. The injured labor was taken to local hospital where he was treated before being medevac'd to Seattle.

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