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Torrance Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Delmont, Westmoreland County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3604287

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
22
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,734
proposed penalties
$1,734
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
2010 Q1 1,091 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,842 1 0 260.3
2009 Q3 7,594 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,294 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,235 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,269 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,566 1 0 219.0
2008 Q1 3,332 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

2008 · 1 incident

August 7, 2008 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Hanson Aggregates Pma Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE is a haul-truck operator that informed mine management on 8/7/08 that driving haul-truck for more than 40 hours per week causes him hip pain.

2001 · 1 incident

August 29, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates Pma Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED OFF OF TRACK ON BUSTER WHILE FUELING ANDHURT LOWER BACK. THERE WAS GREASE AND OIL ON HISBOOTS.

2000 · 1 incident

June 29, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF A SCREEN DECK REMOVING SIDE RAILS. AS HE WAS HOLDING A BOLT IN PLACE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO ALLOW THE FASTNERS (NUTS) TO BE REMOVED, THE AIR GUN WAS BEING APPLIED TO TH E NUTS, THE BOLTS TURNED THROUGH AND CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.