Mining Incidents

Springbrook Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Samco Incorporated · Surface
Controlled by Timothy Gleason
Mesopotamia, Trumbull County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3302357

Springbrook Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1991–2006
Latest incident
Sep 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
29
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,558
proposed penalties
$1,175
paid to date
46% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,383 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
166
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: 166 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Springbrook Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-08.
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
2010 Q1 425 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,194 4 2 3350.1
2009 Q3 1,133 5 1 4413.1
2009 Q2 1,077 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 918 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,573 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,585 6 1 2321.1
2008 Q2 1,780 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 1,401 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,517 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,236 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,775 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,813 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,313 4 0 633.6
2006 Q3 7,018 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,553 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,949 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,391 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,821 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,320 2 0 375.9
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 6,890 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,917 3 0 765.9
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 622 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,555 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 469 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,386 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,630 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,890 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,100 3 0 731.7
2002 Q1 2,838 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,160 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,395 2 0 270.5
2001 Q2 6,539 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,875 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,307 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,558 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,445 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,160 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2006 · 1 incident

September 27, 2006 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Samco Incorporated · Struck by falling object

EE was cleaning a piece of equipment and a metal bar fell on his left arm near the elbow.

2003 · 1 incident

January 17, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Samco Incorporated · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PROPER SAFETY PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS DEPRESSURIZED PRIOR TO REMOVING TWO HYDRAULIC HOSES. THE FIRST HOSE WAS REMOVED WITH NO PROBLEM. HOWEVER THE SECOND HOSE HAD AN UNKNOWN INTERNAL BLOCKAGE HOLDING HIGH PRESSURE IN IT. THIS WAS UNKNOWN AND UNSUSPECTED TO THE PERSON REMOVING THE HOSE. WHEN FASTENER WAS LOOSENED, HYDRAULIC OIL SPRAY IN FACE CUTTING LIP

1999 · 1 incident

October 12, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Samco Incorporated · Struck against stationary object

AS EE STEPPED FROM DREDGE TO WORK BOAT HE HIT HIS SHIN OF THE LOWER LEG ON A PIPE MOUNTING CAUSING A MINOR BRUISE. SIX DAYS LATER HIS LEG TURN A DARK COLOR. HE THEN WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND FOUN D HE HAD INJURED AN ARTERY IN HIS LOWER LEG WHICH CAUSED SOME INTERNAL BLEEDING. HE TOOK 3 DAYS OFF AND THEN RETURNED TO WORK ON LIGHT DUTY FOR ANOTHER FIVE DAY PERIOD.

1995 · 1 incident

December 15, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Samco Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT RUBBER HOSE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS THUMB, REPAIRING WATERLINE TO THE PLANT.

1991 · 1 incident

March 12, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Samco Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC THAT WAS INSTALLING NEW DRIVE CHAINS ON A MANITOWAC DRAGLINE,A HYDRAULIC JACK WAS USED TO TEMPORARILY HOLD ADJUSTMENT WHILE NEW CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND DRIVE SP ROCKETS.THE HYDRAULIC JACK SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT ARM AND THEN RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE BREAKING HIS JAW BONE.

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