The truck operator was traveling from the 870 level of the quarry to the waste dump with a load of waste material. The truck left the road, overtraveled a berm and continued down the highwall, rolling over before coming to rest int he quarry. It is believed that the truck operator suffered a medical event and as a result was unable to control the truck as it left the road.
Essroc Cement Corp. operator
Controlled by
Heidelberg Materials AG
MSHA operator ID: 0051521
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
1,637
citations
436
significant & substantial
$1,880,376
proposed penalties
$1,413,833
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $466,543 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
248
inspections on record
11,203
inspection hours
14.6
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.1,637 citations across 11,203 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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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.$1.9M
proposed penalties
$1.4M
current assessed
$1.4M
paid to date
$33K
outstanding
1,584 assessments are final orders; 62 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 7 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 54 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 32 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 18 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 18 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 5 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2016
6
2015
5
2014
8
2013
9
2012
8
2011
3
2010
3
2009
27
2008
17
2007
5 (1f)
2006
19
2005
19
2004
13
2003
11
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
April 25, 2007
WV · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Essroc Cement Corp. · Struck against stationary object
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