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THORNTON PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Aggregate Industries WCR Inc · Surface

Controlled by Amrize Ltd

Henderson, Adams County, CO · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0503301

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 11
Years on record: 2000–2013
Latest incident: Jan 2013

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

107

citations

significant & substantial

$13,746

proposed penalties

$13,695

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2	1,872	0	0.0
2015 Q3	706	0	0.0
2015 Q2	7,040	0	0.0
2015 Q1	5,666	0	0.0
2014 Q4	556	0	0.0
2014 Q3	670	0	0.0
2014 Q2	4,737	1	211.1
2014 Q1	3,521	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2013 · 1 incident

January 10, 2013 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Aggregate Industries WCR Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a grinder to buff a shaft. While he was running the grinder one of the strings from his hooded sweatshirt fell out of his coat and got wound up in the shaft of the grinder behind buffing wheel. This caused the grinder to get sucked up to his face striking him in the mouth. When it hit him it chipped a corner off of his front tooth

2005 · 1 incident

August 26, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Aggregate Industries WCR Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE WATER TRUCK WHEN THE DOOR STOP STRAP BROKE CAUSING HIM TO STEP DOWN BEFORE HE WAS READY. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE AS A RESULT

2004 · 2 incidents

July 12, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Aggregate Industries WCR Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Ee was cleaning between impact rollers on feeder with a bar when his bar get caught between the roller and hopper above. his hand got caught between the bar and the roller cutting his hand betwen his thumb and forefinger.

February 18, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Aggregate Industries WCR Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS DRIVING A COMPANY PICK UP WHEN IT OVERHEATED. THE EE STOPPED THE VECHICLE AND STARTED TO REMOVE THE RADIATOR CAP. THE EE THEN CLOSED THE CAP AND THEN REOPENED IT AND RECIEVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS ARM BETWEEN HIS WRIST AND ELBOW ON HIS RIGHT ARM.

2003 · 6 incidents

October 27, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE

Aggregate Industries WCR Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING CONTRACT MECHANIC REMOVE CLUTCH HOUSING FROM EL-JAY VSI CRUSHER. MECHANIC WAS HOISTING HOUSING WITH LIFTING STRAP USING TRUCK CRANE. AS HOUSING CAME OUT EE HAD HAND ON LIFTING STRAP & THE HOUSING SHIFTED PINCHING EE'S LEFT HAND BETWEEN STRAP & SHEAVES ON CLUTCH HOUSING. INJURY WAS CONTUSION TO LEFT HAND REQUIRING MODIFIED WORK RESTRICTIONS. NO LOST TIME.

October 14, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Aggregate Industries WCR Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SCREEN BEARING HOUSING HOLDING A WRENCH WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING WRENCH WITH HAMMER. EMPLOYEE WITH HAMMER MISSED, HIT COUNTERWEIGHT & HAMMER BOUNCED ONTO INJURED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LITTLE FINGER, BRUISING IT. NO FRACTURE BUT REQUIRED SPLINT & RESTRICTED DUTY.

August 22, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Aggregate Industries WCR Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DIRECTING WORK ON A CONVEYER BELT AND TOLD ANOTHER EE TO STRIKE THE TOP OF THE ARM OF A "SIDE KICK" WITH A HAMMER TO FREE IT UP. THE OTHER EE IMMEDIATELY STRUCK WITH THE HAMMER BUT HIT THE OTHER EE'S RIGHT RING FINGER, CAUSING A FRACTURE AT THE END OF THE FINGER.

August 21, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Aggregate Industries WCR Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO DIRECT CAUSE OR INJURY. NECK STARTED GETTING STIFF AND AT SHIFTENED TIME HAD PAINS, IN LEFT SIDE OF HEAD, NEAR EAR. WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC AND DIAGNOSED WITH BRACHIAL NURITIS OR RADICULITS NOS PULLED MUSCLE OR PINCHED NERVE.

May 8, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Aggregate Industries WCR Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PICKING MUD OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND HIS RIGHT HAND BEGAN BOTHERING HIM FROM PICKING MUD. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST AND SLIGHT CONTUSION.

January 22, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Aggregate Industries WCR Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF A CONVEYOR FRAME. HE PUT HIS FOOT DOWN WRONG & TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

2000 · 1 incident

August 11, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Aggregate Industries WCR Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING BELT WITH 1 1/2 TON COMEALONG WHEN D-RING COMEALONG WAS ATTACHED TO TO BROKE FROM STEEL WALL STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM.