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RIDGEWAY MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company · Surface

Controlled by Rio Tinto Group

Fairfield County, SC · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3800626

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2000–2001
Latest incident: Sep 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$110

proposed penalties

$110

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
2002 Q2	1,498	0	0.0
2001 Q4	1,920	0	0.0
2001 Q3	2,400	0	0.0
2001 Q2	3,040	0	0.0
2001 Q1	4,320	0	0.0
2000 Q4	27,820	0	0.0
2000 Q3	43,816	2	45.6
2000 Q2	59,561	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

2001 · 1 incident

September 13, 2001 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by falling object

DISMANTLING ELECTRICAL CABLE TRAY IN MILL ELECTRICAL ROOM. TWO MEN WERE STANDING ON SEPARATE LADDERS REMOVING ELECTRICAL CABLE TRAY. ELECTRICAL CABLE TRAY WAS NOT SECURED PRIOR TO REMOVAL CAUS ING IT TO FALL. THE ELECTRICAL CABLE FELL AGAINST ONE OF THE LADDERS, KNOCKING IT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH EE.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 25, 2000 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE EE STATED THE HE CONDUCTED HIS PRESHIFT INSPECTION, FUELED, AND PROCEEDED TO THE LOADING AREA. HE STATED THAT AS HE THEN DESCENDED THE RAMP, HIS BRAKES DID NOT SLOW HIS SPEED. SEEING A STA LLED TRUCK AT THE FOOT OF THE RAMP BELOW HIM, HE DURECT THE TRUCK TO THE WALL TO HIS LEFT. AS THE LEFT TIRE ROLLED UP THE TOE OF THE HIGHWALL, THE TRUCK TURNED ONTO ITS SIDE ON THE HAULROAD.

August 14, 2000 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO HOLD UP A JACKHAMMER DRIVING 2" BOLTS THROUGH THE SAE MILL LINER. HE HAD POSITIONED HIS RIGHT THUMB IN FRONT OF THE JACKHAMMER BOLT; WHEN THE HAMMERING BEGAN, THE BOLT GAVE WAY SUDDENLY CAUSING THE HAMMER STEEL TO ENTER THE BOLTHOLE AND CATCH HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE MILL LINER. INJURY RESULTED IN FRACTURE TO TIP OF RIGHT THUMB; SUTURES OF NAIL