While the injured was splitting a rock with a chisel. The chisel head broke and a small piece cut his arm requiring 3 stitches.
Sawyer - West Metal/Non-Metal
Sawyer - West has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2007–2008
- Latest incident
- Jun 2008
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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.Sawyer - West has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 4,115 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q2 | 5,601 | 2 | 0 | 357.1 |
| 2008 Q1 | 6,012 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 8,646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 10,223 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 10,277 | 5 | 3 | 486.5 |
| 2007 Q1 | 8,765 | 11 | 2 | 1255.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2,941 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 4,839 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 5,532 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 7,506 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 9,494 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 12,854 | 1 | 1 | 77.8 |
| 2005 Q1 | 6,640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 4,145 | 2 | 1 | 482.5 |
| 2004 Q3 | 4,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
3 on file2008 · 1 incident
2007 · 2 incidents
While the injured was splitting a rock, the rock shifted and the injured lost his balance trying to move out of the way and tripped. The 30"x36"x5" shifting rock hit the injured's leg causing a hairline fracture between the ankle and knee.
Reported on 2/22 but no medical or doctor until 2/26/07. While stacking rock on a pallet, the injured was lifting a rock and felt something in his back pull. He went to the doctor in 2/26/07, who gave him prescription for back pain. No lost time for injury. The injured did take time off due to a death in the family.
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