Teck Cominco American Inc · Struck by falling object
Still under investigation. Fall of ground occurred during bolting cycle in which two employees were involved. One was struck by slab/ground fall, and resulted in fatality.
Teck Cominco American Inc operator
Controlled by
Teck Resources Limited
MSHA operator ID: 0050148
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
89
citations
17
significant & substantial
$11,928
proposed penalties
$11,788
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $140 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
43
inspections on record
2,723
inspection hours
3.3
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.89 citations across 2,723 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.$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-11-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 8 non-fatal
- HOISTING 33 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 28 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 16 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 11 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 10 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2007
22 (1f)
2006
28
2005
24
2004
22
2003
13
2002
8
2001
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
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