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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 19,332 | 3 | 0 | 155.2 |
| 2025 Q3 | 7,414 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 10,045 | 1 | 0 | 99.6 |
| 2024 Q4 | 23,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 21,830 | 1 | 0 | 45.8 |
| 2024 Q1 | 9,889 | 5 | 1 | 505.6 |
| 2023 Q3 | 14,315 | 2 | 0 | 139.7 |
| 2023 Q2 | 10,663 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Employee received a finger injury while replacing a crusher bowl.
A man lift descended unexpectedly while two employees were in the basket
A man lift descended unexpectedly while two employees were in the basket
Employee was changing a drill bit and struck left hand.
EE was changing V belts on the crusher. As EE stood up EE felt a pop in EE's right knee.
While attempting to grind a piece of flat bar the bar slipped from the tool rest and the miner's thumb came in contact with the grinding wheel.
After removing a bearing housing, Miner 1 used a grinder with a cutting wheel to split bearing sleeve. Miner 2 took a hammer and hit the sleeve to knock it off. A piece of metal chipped off and struck Miner 1 on the right side of EE's abdomen
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ROPE LOOPED IN HIS HAND TO CUT WITH UTILITY KNIFE. WHEN EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CUT THE ROPE THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF THE Rope, came TOWARDS THE EMPLOYEE, AND LACERATED HIS LEFT ARM. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 7 STITCHES.
Employee was assisting with loading a hammer bit into the bucket of a backhoe. The bit was being pushed forward and it shifted and grazed the employees knee. It caused a laceration just above the right knee. The laceration required six stitches to close the wound.
EE and technician were filling hydraulic using lube truck (air operated pump). Handle was still on loader platform when end of control valve blew off. Handel blew across platform and into ground. Hose end hit mechanic on right foot ankle.
Eyes burned from welding all day, employee was close to another welder and was catching arc from behind.
EE cut off his right middle finger while working on the hp-500 bowl. Crew was changing out the wear liners in the bowl of the HP-500. Nuts were placed under the bottom of the new liner to give the bowl clearance off the floor to allow adjustments. Grease is used to seal leaks. The grease created suction. When it released, the bowl dropped & amputated his finger.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF LOADER TO CK PORTABLE CR. LAST STEP PUSHED IN CAUSING HIM TO SLIP & TWIST HIS LEFT ANKLE. APPEARED TO BE OK. HAD TO SEE DR 2-3-04.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OLD WEAR PLATES OUT OF CHUTE OVER FINE 7 FEEDER IN ORDER TO INSTALL NEW FEEDER. A PIECE OF SLAG FELL IN EMPLOYEE'S SHOE BURNING RIGHT FOOT ABOVE THE ANKLE.
TAKING MANLIFT OUT OF ROADWAY TO ALLOW LOADER TO PASS, LIFT HIT A BUMP CAUSING BASKET TO JUMP. THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT UP AND TO THE SIDE THREW THE EMPLOYEE TO SIDE OF BASKET. HE TWISTED RIGHT ANK LE AND STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE STAYED AT WORK - WENT TO DOCTOR ON 10-14-03 (AFTERNOON) & RETURNED TO WORK REGULAR SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GUARDS FROM HP500 #1 M AND R. HE HAD REMOVED BOLTS BUT COULD NOT PULL GUARD FREE. HE SNATCHED ON GUARD PULLING HIS BACK MUSCLE, GUARD WEIGHS APPROX 15#.
EMPLOYEE WAS FORMING FOUNDATION FOR CONVEYOR 109 LIFTING A TAMPER OUT OF THE FORMED AREA WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS BACK WHICH CONTINUED TO BE SORE. HE STATED HE LIFTED WIT H HIS BACK BECAUSE OF THE SMALL AREA HE WAS IN.
EE WAS ERECTING CONVEYORS 125-126 NEAR EXISTING SECONDARY PLANT IN ON ERATION. WHILE WORKING SAND & DEBRIS WAS BLOWING, AND GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE
EE WAS POSITIONED ON CONVEYOR TRUSS BOLTED TO BENT LEG #2. THE BOLTS WERE REMOVED CAUSING TRUSS TO FALL INSIDE THE BENT LEG WHICH TIPPED 45 DEGREE. HE LANDED ON THE GROUND AND DURING THE FALL PINCHED L. ARM WHICH SWELLED.
EE WAS POSITIONED ON A CONVEYOR TRUSS BOLTED TO BENT LEG #2. THE BOLTS WERE REMOVED BY EMPLOYEE CAUSING BENT LEG TO MOVE AWAY (45 DEGREE) CAUSING CONVEYOR TRUSS TO FALL TO THE GROUND. HE LANDE D W/TRUSS CLIMBED DOWN WITH R. HAND BLEEDING.
SCRATCHED LEFT ELBOW ON A PIECE OF REBAR. ELBOW BECAME INFECTED & SWOLLEN. CELLUTITUS & BURSITUS.
EE WAS POURING CONCRETE. HE WAS STANDING IN THE CONCRETE ON THE REBAR PAD STRIKING OFF THE CONCRETE AND SLIPPED TWISING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING WALKWAY BESIDE BELT WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF BELT. ROCK ROLLED DOWN BELT-FELLOFF STRIKING HIM IN BACK CAUSING BRUISE TO BACK.
EE WAS IN #34 CHUTE REPAIRING A IDLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STRIK AN ARC-THE WELDING ROD TOUCHED HIM ON NECK-AT THIS TIME THE CURRENT WAS GROUNDED THRU HIS BODY HE REC'D 2 SUBSTANTIAL SHOCKS AFTE R INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENT THE WELDING MACHINESTINGER WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY
WHILE MOVING 2 LARGE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, OPERATOR HAD TO MOVE BLOCKS WHILE IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.
WHILE UNSCREWING THE OIL FITLER, HEARD A POP THAT CAME FROM INJURED EMLOYEES RIGHT HAND. LATER THAT EVENING WHILE AT HOME INJURED EMPLOYEE'S HAND STARTED TO SWEL. HE WENT TO THE DR AND FOUND OUT THA HE HAD BROKEN HIS RIGHT RING FINGER.
AFTER CUTTING PULL CABLE AT DRUM-IT REMAINED IN FAIRLEAD-WHEN EE STEPPED DOWN OFF OF THE TRACK THE CABLE AND DRAGLINE BUCKET AND CHAINS FELL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE NECK AND SHOULDER-EE APPEARED TO BE OK-TOLD LEADMAN LATER THAT NECK AND SHOULDER WAS HURTING.
AFTER EMPLOYEE THROWED SWITCH HANDLE ON SWITCH, HE WAS GOING TO STEP ON TOP OF SWITCH TO MAKE SURE THE SWITCH LOCKED, WHEN HE STEPPED ON TOP OF SWITCH HANDLE HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED DUE TO MUD, HIS LEG STRIKING ON THE RIGHT SHIN AREA, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS THOUGHT TO BE A BRUISE.