Employee was not lifting anything heavy and he felt a little sore in the pelvic area. He did not report anything and supervisor hear by word of mouth. His next shift that he worked he was told to go to the doctor two days after that it was found out that he had a hernia and needed surgery. The employee told supervisor he did not know what caused it and if it was even work related.
Portable Plant #3 Metal/Non-Metal
Granite Construction Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Granite Construction Inc
Portage,
Anchorage County,
AK
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001823
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2005
- Latest incident
- Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$363
proposed penalties
$363
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 386 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 910 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,291 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q4 | 1,770 | 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
2 on file2005 · 2 incidents
August 8, 2005
AK · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
OTHER
Wilder Construction Company · Unclassified, insufficient data
Wilder Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Monday morning (7/25/05) Employee was dispatched to another site and showed up complaing that he must have got a hernia on saturday at work. He went to the doctor and the doctor confirmed he did have a hernia and needed surgery. On saturday employee asked for help from laborer in lifting some but not all items. Did not complain that day of any pain.