WORKER DROPPED A CHOPPED PIECE OF ROCK ON RIGHT FOOT. THE ROCK MADE CONTACT WITH THE FOOT JUST ABOVE THE STEEL TOE PROTECTED AREA RESULTING IN A CLOSED FRACTURE OF MEDIAL PHALANX OF THE RIGHT LESSER TOE.
WARD #1, BIG HILL #1, & #2 Metal/Non-Metal
WARD #1, BIG HILL #1, & #2 has $98K in proposed MSHA penalties and $470 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 26
- Years on record
- 2012–2017
- Latest incident
- Oct 2017
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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.WARD #1, BIG HILL #1, & #2 has $98K in proposed MSHA penalties and $470 outstanding across 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,200 | 1 | 0 | 833.3 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,600 | 1 | 0 | 625.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,200 | 1 | 0 | 833.3 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,720 | 1 | 0 | 367.6 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,020 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 3,540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 907 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 720 | 1 | 0 | 1388.9 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,002 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,473 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,533 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,697 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,677 | 1 | 0 | 596.3 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,497 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,466 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,881 | 2 | 1 | 1063.3 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,714 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,692 | 3 | 0 | 1773.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,663 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,106 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,903 | 2 | 0 | 1051.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,248 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,483 | 6 | 1 | 4045.9 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,641 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,166 | 2 | 0 | 923.4 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,219 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,261 | 3 | 0 | 1326.8 |
| 2015 Q3 | 5,634 | 4 | 0 | 710.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 7,022 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 9,709 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 7,805 | 6 | 2 | 768.7 |
| 2014 Q3 | 10,645 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 19,765 | 12 | 2 | 607.1 |
| 2014 Q1 | 17,400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 18,340 | 6 | 3 | 327.2 |
| 2013 Q3 | 17,760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 18,155 | 25 | 12 | 1377.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 18,855 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 20,175 | 4 | 1 | 198.3 |
| 2012 Q3 | 21,215 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 21,055 | 3 | 1 | 142.5 |
| 2012 Q1 | 21,210 | 4 | 1 | 188.6 |
| 2011 Q4 | 4,307 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 4,352 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 4,460 | 4 | 2 | 896.9 |
| 2011 Q1 | 4,483 | 5 | 3 | 1115.3 |
| 2010 Q4 | 6,150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 7,853 | 5 | 1 | 636.7 |
| 2010 Q2 | 3,163 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 4,003 | 2 | 0 | 499.6 |
| 2009 Q4 | 4,570 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 5,060 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 5,960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 4,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,790 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 3,750 | 2 | 1 | 533.3 |
| 2008 Q1 | 3,210 | 2 | 2 | 623.1 |
| 2007 Q4 | 8,900 | 2 | 2 | 224.7 |
| 2007 Q3 | 7,710 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 16,540 | 7 | 0 | 423.2 |
| 2007 Q1 | 17,490 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 10,790 | 6 | 1 | 556.1 |
| 2006 Q3 | 3,840 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 7,260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 3,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 2,150 | 2 | 2 | 930.2 |
| 2005 Q3 | 13,480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 9,310 | 4 | 1 | 429.6 |
| 2005 Q1 | 15,358 | 3 | 1 | 195.3 |
| 2004 Q4 | 9,530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 9,230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 7,620 | 5 | 1 | 656.2 |
| 2004 Q1 | 15,358 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 11,172 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 2,200 | 4 | 2 | 1818.2 |
| 2003 Q2 | 11,020 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 14,587 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 8,545 | 2 | 0 | 234.1 |
| 2002 Q3 | 4,470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 4,760 | 1 | 0 | 210.1 |
| 2002 Q1 | 5,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 3,736 | 11 | 4 | 2944.3 |
| 2001 Q3 | 6,287 | 1 | 0 | 159.1 |
| 2001 Q2 | 6,000 | 15 | 10 | 2500.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 4,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
26 on file2017 · 3 incidents
WORKER WAS STEPPING BACKWARDS WHEN EE CAUGHT THE EDGE OF A SKID WITH SHOE. EE LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. EE STRUCK THE BACK OF HEAD ON THE FLOOR RESULTING IN A MILD CONCUSSION.
Worker was moving a rock on chopper table into chopping position. But the operator did not make sure it was clear before engaging the chopper action. This resulted in the loss of a finger tip on the right hand.
2016 · 10 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PALLET AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
A rock was accidentally dropped on subjects' pinky finger by another worker. A smashed finger resulted.
WORKER WAS CLEANING UP CHOPPER TABLE WHEN THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DUMPSTER AND CHOPPER TABLE RESULTING IN LACERATION ON THUMB.
WORKER WAS CHANGING OUT A DRIVE BELT ON A VENEER SAW WHEN EE STRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A NAIL INTO A PALLET WHEN EE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK LEFT THUMB WITH THE HAMMER.
Worker was cleaning the waste material out of the chopper. When ee accidentally stepped on the operating lever. The workers hand and wrist was caught between the chopper teeth.
STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED EE'S RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AND BECAME OVERHEATED AND BEGAN VOMITING. EE TOLD SUPERVISOR AT HAND AND WAS TOLD TO GO TO VEHICLE AND COOL OFF. EE SAID THE SEVERE VOMITING CAUSED INJURY TO RIGHT EYE AND SOUGHT MEDICAL CARE. HOWEVER, THE EMPLOYER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS POSSIBLE INJURY UNTIL 6/23/2016.
Veneer saw blade cover was being reinstalled after routine blade change. When the cover snapped into place the worker was caught off guard by the sound. EE fell back onto the non-operational conveyor system of said machine and suffered back strain and contusions as a result.
Load of excess metal was being moved by a fork truck. As the load began to rise, it shifted and came into contact with employee's lower back. This caused EE to fall forward into the shop wall where EE cut two of EE's fingers on a piece of metal as EE tried to regain EE's balance.
2015 · 4 incidents
Worker was stacking a piece of chopped rock onto a pallet when his finger was caught between another piece of rock as he was setting the rock down. This resulted in a smashed and broken pinky finger on the left hand.
Worker was chopping rock at the chopper when the rock being chopped broke at a seam and fell off the chopper table. It struck the floor and then came to rest up against the workers right ankle resulting in a sprained ankle.
A rock was being moved by another worker on the chopper table when the subject's middle finger of his left hand was caught between two rocks and his finger was broken as a result. His ring finger suffered only a minor contusion.
Worker was removing rock from the chopper and stacking it on a pallet when the pinkie finger on his right hand got caught between two rocks. This resulted in a mashed finger tip on his right hand pinkie finger.
2014 · 4 incidents
Worker was removing chopped rock from conveyor when the middle finger of his right hand got jammed between two rocks he was removing from the conveyor in order to stack on pallet. Injury resulted in a broken finger just below the first joint.
Worker was chopping a rock on the chopper when the rock shattered into several pieces failing to make a clean cut. One of the pieces fell from the chopper table striking the worker on the right leg as it fell. He was checked over by the ER doctor in Poteau and told to put no weight on the bruised and swollen leg for seven (7) days.
CHOPPED ROCK FELL ON THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN A CRACKED BONE ON THE TIP AND LOSS OF THE FINGERNAIL.
Worker was stacking rock onto a pallet at the chopper shop. When he started to place another rock onto the pallet the load of rock shifted. This caused the middle finger of his left hand to be caught in between two moving rocks and this resulted in a fractured finger.
2013 · 3 incidents
Worker was removing stacked rock from a pallet when the load shifted and a sharp rock fell on the index finger of his left hand. It resulted in a broken and cut finger at the knuckle.
HE WAS IN OUR SALVAGE AREA LOOKING FOR A PIECE OF SCRAP METAL TO DO A REPAIR WITH. HE TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A PIECE OF ROCK AND LANDED ON A SHARP PIECE OF METAL WITH HIS LEFT HAND. THE FALL RESULTED IN A CUT ON HIS LEFT HAND REQUIRING NINETEEN (19) STITCHES.
Employee was removing rock from behind the conveyor belt when power was turned on. His right arm was caught by the belt and broken.
2012 · 2 incidents
Replacing starting motor on D6T Bulldozer and removing the failed component. He placed the starter on the equalizer frame of the tractor to better position himself to take the starter off of the machine. The starter fell and struck his left hand ringer finger causing a fracture.
The vehicle was left in gear and the clutch was not fully depressed when the ignition was applied and the truck jerked forward pinning employee between the rear wheel and the creeper he was on. The rear wheel did not pass over him. He was pinched in between the wheel and the creeper resulting in a broken pelvis.
The full compliance file on WARD #1, BIG HILL #1, & #2
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