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DEESE MINE Metal/Non-Metal

The Scruggs Company · Surface
Adel, Cook County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900287

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2005
Latest incident
Nov 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
27
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,161
proposed penalties
$2,161
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 S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q3 2,046 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q3 3,925 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,049 0 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

3 on file

2005 · 1 incident

November 30, 2005 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The Scruggs Company · Struck by flying object

Using a hammer and a cable cutter to cut a piece of cable for the dredge. A piece of the cable chipped off and hit the employee in the eye. He was wearing safety glasses at the time of the injury.

2004 · 1 incident

July 13, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Scruggs Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Suction pipe on dredge stopped up at 9:00 a.m. Two miners unbolted suction pipe to remove roots. When bolting suction pipe back on pump, employee stuck his right index finger in the bolt hole to check alignment; pipe shifted and the tip of his finger was cut off. He received 3 stitches and returned to work the same day.

2002 · 1 incident

March 8, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Scruggs Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON DREDGE. WHILE TRYING TO INSERTA PIN HE WAS HOLDING ONTO AN EXCAVATOR BUCKET. HIS RT. FOREARM RUBBED ACROSS EXCAVATOR BUCKET WHICH HAD A STEEL BURR ON IT WHICH CUT HIS RT. FOREARM.