Miner was cutting rubber belting material with a razor blade knife. The knife slipped and the miner lacerated left forearm with the blade of the knife. The laceration required sutures and the miner returned to work.
V R Pit Metal/Non-Metal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2012–2019
- Latest incident
- Oct 2019
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 4,937 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 5,633 | 6 | 3 | 1065.2 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,830 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 5,312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 4,717 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,114 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
6 on file2019 · 1 incident
2018 · 1 incident
Miner was using a sledgehammer and a punch to drift a pin out so that the tooth on an excavator bucket could be replaced. The miner hit their thumb with the sledge hammer when it glanced off of the top of the punch. The miner's right thumb suffered a fracture on the tip of it.
2015 · 1 incident
Conditions contributing to the injury included snow on the ground and rocky terrain.
2014 · 1 incident
The employee was getting numbers off of fuel tank trailer SB25 and stepped off and rolled ankle
2013 · 1 incident
Was using hand to try and hold a bolt on a cutting edge to keep into place. The air gun spun the bolt and lacerated his hand. The employee was wearing gloves.
2012 · 1 incident
Employee was lifting a screen above his head and partially dislocated shoulder and tore a couple tendons and had to have surgery.