Smoky Canyon Mine safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Moving machine parts.
30 CFR 56.14107(a)
Horns and backup alarms.
30 CFR 56.14132(a)
Stationary grinding machines.
30 CFR 56.14115(b)
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
65.5 on-site hours reported
Moving machine parts.
30 CFR 56.14107(a)
Impoundment Spot Inspection
6.0 on-site hours reported
Slip or fall of person
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Tripped on a pipe causing employee to fall and smash EE's hand resulting in 7 stitches to the right palm.
Impoundment Spot Inspection
2.0 on-site hours reported
Inspection and cover plates.
30 CFR 56.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Inspection and cover plates.
30 CFR 56.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safety defects; examination, correction and records.
30 CFR 56.14100(b) · $313.00 proposed penalty
Safety defects; examination, correction and records.
30 CFR 56.14100(c) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $592.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
53.0 on-site hours reported
Slip or fall of person
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
blaster was loading a shot and stepped in a drill hole causing EE to lacerate EE's shin, the laceration required 3 stitches
Slip or fall of person
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee was walking the drill pad prior to doing EE's pre shift on the drill. it had snowed 3 inches that evening and EE stepped on the edge of a tire track that caused EE to slip/Trip and fall to EE's knee. when EE came down, EE came in contact with a sharp-edged rock on EE's shin just below the knee cap. we took EE to urgent care where they gave EE 4 Stiches. same day.
Impoundment Spot Inspection
5.5 on-site hours reported
Brakes.
30 CFR 56.14101(a)(2) · $398.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
34.0 on-site hours reported
Impoundment Spot Inspection
5.3 on-site hours reported
Handling of materials
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee was doing a brake inspection of a Trailer when EE was measuring the slack adjuster a small chunk of dirt fell between EE's safety glasses and EE's eye causing scratches on EE's eye. we took EE to urgent care where the prescribed EE antibiotics.
Handling of materials
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS WIPING DOWN HUB SURFACE OF THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE ON 13060. ANOTHER EMPLYOEE WAS REMOVING DUO-CONE SEAL AT THE SAME TIME. THE DAMAGED METAL RING SPUNG FORWARD AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT THUMB KNUCKLE CUTTING IT OPEN, RESULTING IN STITCHES.
Protection for openings around travelways.
30 CFR 56.11012 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $592.00 proposed penalty
Drill dust control.
30 CFR 58.620 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $398.00 proposed penalty
Moving machine parts.
30 CFR 56.14107(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $398.00 proposed penalty
Brakes.
30 CFR 56.14101(a)(2) · $465.00 proposed penalty
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.