VERPOL PLANT safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Slip or fall of person
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Driver failed to maintain 3 points of contact while exiting truck resulting in broken tibia.
Handling of materials
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
The technician put left hand in the handle of the door and when they removed the last wedge holding the door closed, the door swung free, twisting their shoulder and hand. The employee worked another couple hours, then notified their supervisor of the incident. They noted that their shoulder and wrist was sore, their hand was starting to swell.
Slip or fall of person
Days restricted activity only
Accident narrative
Operator twisted their left ankle while preforming the pre shift inspection of extra packaged SBB. The staging area for extra SBB had been shifted to accommodate an excess in inventory causing the operator to step up and over the platform of a stretch wrapper. When the operator stepped off the platform of the stretch wrapper, the felt the ankle roll and heard a light crunching/pop.
Handling of materials
Dys awy frm wrk & restrctd act
Accident narrative
A 2nd Shift Production Operator was opening 9J mill valve to drain the mill and upon doing so their left shoulder popped and they had shooting pain from their back to their left fingertips.
Compliance Follow-up Inspection
3.5 on-site hours reported
Compliance Follow-up Inspection
1.5 on-site hours reported
Compliance Follow-up Inspection
6.0 on-site hours reported
Examination of working places.
30 CFR 56.18002(a)(1) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $549.00 proposed penalty
Housekeeping.
30 CFR 56.20003(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $245.00 proposed penalty
Compliance Follow-up Inspection
1.3 on-site hours reported
Label contents.
30 CFR 47.42(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safety defects; examination, correction and records.
30 CFR 56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safe access.
30 CFR 56.11001 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $245.00 proposed penalty
Moving machine parts.
30 CFR 56.14107(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Examination of working places.
30 CFR 56.18002(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Warning signs.
30 CFR 56.4101 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Protection for openings around travelways.
30 CFR 56.11012 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safe access.
30 CFR 56.11001 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $288.00 proposed penalty
Examination of working places.
30 CFR 56.18002(a)(1) · $432.00 proposed penalty
Housekeeping.
30 CFR 56.20003(a) · $432.00 proposed penalty
Inspection and cover plates.
30 CFR 56.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Protection for openings around travelways.
30 CFR 56.11012 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safe access.
30 CFR 56.11001 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Inspection and cover plates.
30 CFR 56.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Housekeeping.
30 CFR 56.20003(a) · $151.00 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.