At approximately 8:00AM employee noticed a piece of metal railing had fallen over at the main plant screen deck. At this time employee shut down plant and proceeded to the screen deck walkway to move the fallen railing. When employee went to lift the fallen section they felt a pop and pain in their right bicep. Metal railing section weighed approximately 50 pounds.
Silt PlantMetal/Nonmetal
Western Slope Materials, LLC · Surface
Controlled by David Stewart; Travis J Stewart
Silt, Garfield County, CO · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504881
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2024–2025
- Latest incident
- Apr 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2025 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
2024 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
At approximately 10AM on July 31st employee was helping change the trough assembly weighing about 30 -40 pounds that was sitting on top of the lower belt at 5 feet off the ground. During handling of the trough lost grip and the assembly impacted EE's right boot causing a laceration. Employee received five stitches and zero work restrictions.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The employee was not clear of the suspended load. The conveyor support leg was landed on a 6"" x 6"" piece of wood which was unstable in this instance due to ground conditions. It kicked out causing the conveyor leg to impact the worker's foot.