WAS HAND CRANKING AND CHOCKING WATER PUMP ENGINGE. WHEN ENGINE STARTS THE HAND CRANK SHOULD RELEASE, BUT IT DID NOT AND CONTIOUED TO TURN AROUND WRENCHING MY ARM AND SHOULDER.
Star Placer Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Star Placer (mine ID 0202436). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1989
- Latest incident
- Feb 1989
Reportable incidents
2 on file1989 · 2 incidents
CREW WAS FREEING FROZEN ENGINE BY SOAKING CYCLINDERS WITH DIESEL FUEL.ENGINE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE KCKED OVER.INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING 4'FROM ENGINE AND DIDN'T SEE MAN KICK OVER ENGINE-A BLAST OF FUEL HIT HIM IN THE FACE AND EYES.
The full compliance file on Star Placer
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.