Employee was working in the Mill in the block setting area. EE was going to grab a prybar on the ground by the racking poles. EE stepped on a racking pole that was lying on the ground and felt a pop in EE's foot. EE fractured a bone in EE's left foot.
Vetter Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Vetter Mine has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 46
- Years on record
- 1983–2024
- Latest incident
- Jan 2024
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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.Vetter Mine has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 10,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 11,704 | 1 | 0 | 85.4 |
| 2025 Q2 | 11,408 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 6,450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 10,124 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 8,856 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 10,595 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 6,743 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 7,679 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 7,536 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 8,341 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 7,194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 9,205 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 9,598 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 9,657 | 1 | 0 | 103.6 |
| 2022 Q1 | 6,646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 9,337 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 12,592 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 7,254 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 9,428 | 1 | 0 | 106.1 |
| 2020 Q4 | 10,514 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 14,035 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 9,717 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 9,472 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 9,158 | 1 | 0 | 109.2 |
| 2019 Q3 | 12,978 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 9,607 | 1 | 0 | 104.1 |
| 2019 Q1 | 6,078 | 2 | 0 | 329.1 |
| 2018 Q4 | 6,006 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 11,579 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 5,842 | 1 | 0 | 171.2 |
| 2018 Q1 | 5,378 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 6,227 | 2 | 1 | 321.2 |
| 2017 Q3 | 12,135 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 8,856 | 3 | 1 | 338.8 |
| 2017 Q1 | 6,847 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 8,334 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 12,807 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 10,703 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 6,357 | 2 | 0 | 314.6 |
| 2015 Q4 | 11,006 | 3 | 0 | 272.6 |
| 2015 Q3 | 16,330 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 14,945 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 8,750 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 12,975 | 5 | 1 | 385.4 |
| 2014 Q3 | 13,393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 8,077 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 3,819 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 6,024 | 1 | 0 | 166.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 4,060 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 4,127 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 4,069 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 9,800 | 2 | 0 | 204.1 |
| 2012 Q3 | 12,791 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 12,883 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 5,292 | 1 | 0 | 189.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 11,609 | 1 | 0 | 86.1 |
| 2011 Q3 | 15,112 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 9,479 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 7,236 | 4 | 1 | 552.8 |
| 2010 Q4 | 9,898 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 12,693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 9,096 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 9,126 | 1 | 0 | 109.6 |
| 2009 Q4 | 5,508 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 9,826 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 6,817 | 8 | 0 | 1173.5 |
| 2009 Q1 | 5,630 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 9,245 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 15,705 | 4 | 0 | 254.7 |
| 2008 Q2 | 15,042 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 14,248 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 11,695 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 18,484 | 1 | 1 | 54.1 |
| 2007 Q2 | 9,971 | 6 | 0 | 601.7 |
| 2007 Q1 | 15,025 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 13,609 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 23,362 | 6 | 2 | 256.8 |
| 2006 Q2 | 17,819 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 7,169 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 9,818 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 15,176 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 11,027 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 13,479 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 11,382 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 16,456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 12,607 | 3 | 0 | 238.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 2,908 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 25,553 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 21,667 | 5 | 1 | 230.8 |
| 2003 Q2 | 21,409 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 17,423 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 21,690 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 31,893 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 27,499 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 21,500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 23,459 | 5 | 2 | 213.1 |
| 2001 Q3 | 22,012 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 17,114 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 12,925 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 23,084 | 6 | 0 | 259.9 |
| 2000 Q3 | 24,919 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 21,942 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 18,288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
46 on file2024 · 1 incident
2011 · 1 incident
Employee was overcome with heat exhaustion as a result of the heat.
2010 · 1 incident
Employee was placing a stone slab into a rack, and while attempting to put in place a brace, the slab shifted and struck employee on his left leg. Employee recieved a cut on his thigh and broke his left knee.
2007 · 1 incident
Employee was unloading limestone slabs from the gang car when the slabs shifted and pinned him between slabs and a block of stone. Employee broke right wrist and bruised adominal cavity.
2001 · 1 incident
EE TOOK ONE HAND OFF DRILL TO MOVE A HOSE. DRILL SPUN AND HIT HIS WRIST.
2000 · 1 incident
TRACK HOLDING SAW FELL ON HAND.
1999 · 5 incidents
EE FELL ABOUT 10 FEET ONTO HIS ELBOW WHILE PLACING BALES OF STRAW.
EE WAS LIFTING HEAVY EQUIPMENT WHEN HE FELT PAIN
EE WAS WORKING IN QUARRY. WALKED TO GET A DRINK OF WATER AND PASSED OUT. CAME TO BUT WAS DISORIENTED. P0ASSED OUT A SECOND TIME. CAME TO. COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAINS AND TINGLING ON LEFT SIDE. D IAGNOSED AS DEHYDRATION.
LONG AND SHORT STONE SLABS WERE LOADED TOGETHER.LIFTING SLINGS WERE TOO FAR APART. THE SLABS BUCKLED AND A PIECE OF STONE BROKE OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE RIBS.
SLAB BEGAN TO FALL WHEN EE TRIED TO CATCH IT. SLAB STRUCK EE'S WRIST.
1998 · 4 incidents
EE PULLED QUARRY DREILL OUT OF HOLE AND FELT STRAIN TO TENDON.
QUARRY DRILL BIT FELL ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.
PULLING UP ON QUARRY DRILL.
HANDLING ELECTRICAL CABLES.
1997 · 2 incidents
STONE SLAB SLIPPED. FELL ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.
STONE SLAB STRUCK EE'S BACK.
1996 · 5 incidents
MISALIGNMENT OF CERVICAL VERTEBRAE OCCURRED WHILE WORKER WAS PULLING ON A LEVER WITH HIS LEFT ARM.
A CORD FROM A PNEUMATIC AIR BAG FELL AGAINST WORKERS NECK AND CAUSED A FRICTION BURN AND SPRAINED NECK.
RIGHT THUMB WAS LACERATED BY A BURR OFMETAL THAT CAME OFF GANG SAW HITCH REQUIRED TWO SUTURES.
WORKER BRUISED RT FOOT WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND FRAME.
AS A STEEL SLING TIGHTENED AROUND A STONE BLOCK A STONE SLIVER SHOT OFF THE BLOCK AND LACERATED THE WORKER'S FOREHEAD REQUIRING THREE STITCHES.
1995 · 4 incidents
TENDONITIS TO RIGHT FOREARM DUE TO CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DURING 1995. PAIN SYMPTOMS REPORTED AT THE TIME.
WORKER SUFFERED A PINCTURE WOUND TO THE RIGHT HAND FROM A WIRE WHILE PUSHING AGAINST A STEEL FRAME.
WORKER SUFFERED A SPRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING SPLITTER EQUIPMENT.
A STONE FELL OFF A CART AND LANDED ON A WORKER'S FOOT. BRUISED TOP OF WORKER'S LEFT FOOT.
1994 · 6 incidents
WORKER SPRAINE DLEFT WRIST WHILE LIFTING A PALLET.
WORKER BRUISED HIS RT ELBOW AFTER HIS STEEL BAR SLIPPED OUT FROM A GROUF OF SLABS
WORKER'S LEFT SMALL FINGER WAS SEVERED WHEN IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A STEEL HOOK AND A BLOCK OF STONE.
WORKER SPRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING AND CONTAINER OF LUBBY CANT.
WORKER SUFFERED A BRUISED FOOT WHEN EH SIGNALLED TO HAVE A CABLE TIGHTENED WHILE HIS FOOT WAS STILL BETWENE THE CABLE AND LOAD OF STONE SLABS.
WORKER SPRAINED LOWER BACK AFTER SLIPPING WHILE LIFTING A PULLEY
1993 · 2 incidents
WORKER FELL APPROX. 7' TO GROUND AFTER SCAFFOLDING CAME LOOSE. MULTIALE BRUISES & SPRAINED NECK.
DRIVER WAS DUMPING STONE FROM A EUCLID DUMP TRUCK WHEN THE GROUND BENEATH THE BACK TIRES SLOUGHED OFF CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL DOWN A FORTY FOOT EMBANKMENT THE DRIVER RECEIVED LACERATION AND TWO FRACTURED RIBS.
1992 · 6 incidents
WORKER WAS COMPRESSED BETWEEN TWO STONE SLABS AS THE SLAB HE WAS BARRING BROKE AND FELL AGAINST HIM.
WORKER WAS WALKING ACROSS PALLETS OF STONE, SLIPPED AND FELL, CUTTING HIS RIGHT LEG ON A SHARP STONE.
PICKED UP STONE CAUSING MUSLES IN BACK TO PULL
WORKER WAS PRYING A PIECE OF WOOD FROZEN TO THE GROUND WITH A BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND WORKER FELL TO THE GROUND.
WORKER BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PROPANE TANK TWISTED TO MVOE IT & SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES
HIT TOP OF LEFT AHND WITH A HAMMER AND CUT OPEN SKIN.
1991 · 4 incidents
WORKER WS STANDING ONT EH GROUND. HE PICKED UP A BALE OF STRAW, TURNED TO THROW IT AND PULLED A BACK MUSCLE.
WORKER WAS BENT OVER NEXT TO A BLOCK OF STONE SITTING ON A CART THAT HAD SLINGS WRAPPED AROUND IT AS THE SLING TIGHTENED A PIECE OF STONE WAS POUSHED OFF THE TOP OF THE BLOCK THE STONE FELL A BOUT 4FT & STRUCK THE BACK OF THE WORKER THAT WAS BENT OVER THE WORKER SUFFERED A BRUISE TO HIS BACK
THE WORKER WAS PRYING TWO STEEL TRACKS APART WITH A STEEL BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING WORKER TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO ONE OF THE TRACKS THUS BRUISING THE LOWER BACK MUSCLE.
SLIPPED ON ICE CAUSING BACK PAIN
1983 · 2 incidents
LIFTING STONE SPLITTER,EMPL PULLED MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE ON A SANDED GRAVEL ROAD AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE
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