The Employee slipped and fell on the ice. The Employee has been treating since that time thinking it would heal with exercise and therapy. In the end they had to go in and repair a small tear causing him to become a lost time on 08/29/2008. Employee is expected to be back on restricted duty on 09/08/2008.
Switz City Coal
Switz City has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $300 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 34
- Years on record
- 1991–2008
- Latest incident
- Feb 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.Switz City has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $300 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.MSHA sampling at Switz City shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 56 samples.
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.ⓘ
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.ⓘ
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 544 | 0 | 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 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 926 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,257 | 1 | 0 | 795.5 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,154 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,812 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,771 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,955 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,058 | 3 | 3 | 1457.7 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,553 | 2 | 0 | 783.4 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,189 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 2,156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,162 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,126 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,030 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 2,118 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 3,027 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 3,246 | 4 | 2 | 1232.3 |
| 2009 Q2 | 3,166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 2,415 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 2,015 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,162 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 2,035 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 2,191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 2,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,749 | 6 | 1 | 3430.5 |
| 2007 Q2 | 2,246 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 2,435 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2,679 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 2,900 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 2,787 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 2,598 | 1 | 0 | 384.9 |
| 2005 Q4 | 2,836 | 13 | 1 | 4583.9 |
| 2005 Q3 | 3,288 | 7 | 3 | 2129.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 3,268 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 3,567 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 5,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 4,863 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 3,957 | 2 | 0 | 505.4 |
| 2004 Q1 | 3,997 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 4,074 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 4,462 | 1 | 0 | 224.1 |
| 2003 Q2 | 4,028 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 5,045 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 4,505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 6,135 | 3 | 2 | 489.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 11,173 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 17,507 | 9 | 3 | 514.1 |
| 2001 Q4 | 16,882 | 3 | 0 | 177.7 |
| 2001 Q3 | 18,673 | 1 | 0 | 53.6 |
| 2001 Q2 | 17,812 | 11 | 1 | 617.6 |
| 2001 Q1 | 18,854 | 11 | 5 | 583.4 |
| 2000 Q4 | 20,208 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 30,040 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 |
| 2000 Q2 | 31,343 | 2 | 1 | 63.8 |
| 2000 Q1 | 33,248 | 1 | 0 | 30.1 |
Reportable incidents
34 on file2008 · 1 incident
2005 · 1 incident
Treating pond. Opened a container of caustic soda when wind picked up and blew pellet onto eyebrow. Melted by sweat and ran into right eye.
2002 · 1 incident
WAS ADJUSTING TAIL PULLEY, RATCHET SLIPPED. HIT HAND ON METAL FRAME.
2001 · 4 incidents
CLIMBING UP IN TRUCK & FELL.
1" DRIVE RATCHET SWUNG BACKWARDS & HIT HAND.
SMASHED LEFT THUMB IN DOOR.
GROVE CRANE LIFTING THE RIPPER TABLE, SWINGING IT INTO TRACTOR. MOMENTUM OF TABLE PINCED HIM BETWEEN MECHANICS TRUCK AND TABLE.
1999 · 2 incidents
MOVING KEGS OF GREASE FROM GREASE TRUCK TO SHOVEL.
REMOVING BUCKET LIP SAVER ON SHOVEL AND CAME OUT AND LANDED ON LEFT HAND.
1997 · 3 incidents
LABORER WALKED AROUND SERVICE TRUCK TO UNLOAD ANGLE IRON IN BACK WHEN HE RAN NITO ONE PIECE, CUTTING HIS FOREHEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLNG A BELLY PAN ON DOZER, WHEN THE CABLE FROM THE BOOM ON SERVICE TRUCK BROKE CAUSING THE BELLY PAN TO FALL LANDING ON THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE.
EE HAD FINISHED SERVICING AT 777B END DUMP WHEN HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE EQUIPMENT WHEN LOST HIS FOOTING ON DAMP-MUDDY LADDER SLIPPED & FELL
1996 · 3 incidents
EE REPORTED TO EMPLOYER OF FOREIGN OBJECT IN RIGHT EYE AT WHICH TIME HE DID NOT KNOW HOW OR WHAT WAS IN EYE. THE EE ASSUMED THE OBJECYT WAS BLOWN IN OR FELL IN WHILE WORKING. EE DID HAVE SAFET Y GLASSES ON DURING WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 6" SUCTION HOSE, DROPPED HOSE LANDING ON TOP OF FOOT. A REINFORCEMENT WIRE FROM THE HOSE PUNCTURED TOP OF FOOT.
OPERATOR WAS CLEANING TRACK ON A LINKBELT D110 BACKHOE. WHEN OPERATOR BENT OVER TO REMOVE SOME LODGED MATERIAL IT CAUSED HIS BACK TO STRAIN.
1995 · 3 incidents
EE WAS HAMMERING CHAIN LINK INTO PULL DOQN CHAIN ON GARDNER DENVER DRILL, WHEN METAL BROKE OFF LINK LODGING INTO LEFT PALM, BETWEEN THUMB AND FIRST FINGER.
INSTALLING GEAR REDUCING MOTOR ON CONVEYOR BELTTHE CHAIN HOLDING GEAR REDUCER BROKE CAUSING ONE END OF GEAR REDUCER TO SWING STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON TOP PORTION OF UPPER RT LEG
EE WAS EXITING PICKUP TRUCK . AFTER OUT OF TRUCK HE BACK UP ON MUDDY BERM, SLIPPED, LANDING ON RIGHT SIDE. EE STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND ELBOW ON GROUND.
1994 · 10 incidents
EE WAS BLOCKING END DUMP TO REMOVE TIRES. WHILE MOVING BLOCKS FROM STACK TO END DUMP, BACK OR RIGHT HAND HIT END DUMP.
WHEN RAISING THE TRUCK BED, THE CYLINDER PLATE BROKE. THE CYLINDER WENT THROUGH THE BED OF HTE TRUCK ALLOWING THE BED TO FALL BACK TO IT'S LOWERED POSITION CAUSING THE TRUCK TO BOUNCE VIOLEN TLY. THE DRIVER WAS BOUNCED AROUND IN THE CAB.
CLEANING TAIL GATE ON PIT TRUCK. TAIL GATE CAME FREE SMASHING MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
EE WAS INSTALLING PUSH BRACE ONTO DOZER WHEN BRACE SLIPPED THEN SMASHING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN DOZER AND PUSH BRACE.
WHILE HELPING MECHANIC INSTALL CIRCLE DRIVE HOUSING ON 16G MOTOR GRADER EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS LANDING ON THIS RT LEG
EE WAS DISMOUNTING LUBE SERVICE TRUCK WHEN LOST FOOTING SLIPPING ON STEP STRIKING LEFT KNEE ON TRUCK.
EE WAS TIGHTENING THE LEFT REAR WHEEL ON THE MACK TRUCK MODEL P-28. THE FOUR WAY WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO FALL AND BREAKING HIS RIGHT LEG. THE TRUCK WAS ON FLAT DRY GROUND.
AFTER DUMPING LOAD EMPLOYEE WAS GOING BACK DOWN RAMP WHEN THE END DUMP BEGAN TO SLIDE ON WET ROAD CAUSING END DUMP TO ROLL AND HIT BURN.
WIND BLEW DUST INTO RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BATTERIES WHEN ONE BATTERY STRUCK ANOTHER BATTERY CAUSING THE CAP TO COME OFF LETTING BATTERY ACID TO RELEASE INTO EMPLYEES LEFT EYE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES SLI PPED OFF WHEN BENDING OVER
1993 · 4 incidents
CUTTING SHEET METAL FOR END DUMP, DEBRIS FLEW OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PROPER EYE WEAR.
OPERATOR WAS MOVING LOADER FROM ONE AREA OF COAL YARD AT PREP PLANT TO ANOTHER AREA WHEN OPERATOR BACKED INTO HOLE.
IN PIT AREA DISMOUNTING LAODER SLIPPED AND FELL ONDEBRIS IN FLOOR OF LAODER. THEN FALLING OUT OF LOADER.
MOVING A PUMP HOSE ALONG HIGHWALL WITH FREEZING AND THAWING CONDITIONS CAUSING A ROCK TO COME LOOSE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS RIGHT HIP AND THIGH AREA.
1992 · 1 incident
ROCK FELL OFF HIGHWALL STRIKING INJURED ON ELFT PART OF FOREHEAD AND NOSE. HEAD NOISE LOOKED UP AND STRUCK BY ROCK. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HARD HAT.
1991 · 1 incident
SLIPPED ON CONCRETE STEPS AND FELL.02-15-92 PROBLEMS DID NOT ARISE TILL THIS DATE.03-12-92 INSURANCE COMPANY DECIDED TO PAY WORKAM'S COMP TILL THIS DATE.
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