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Woodbury Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Preferred Sands Of Minnesota · Surface

Controlled by Mike O'Neill

woodbury, Washington County, MN · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2103710

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 7
Years on record: 2011–2015
Latest incident: Feb 2015

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2010

citations

significant & substantial

$8,536

proposed penalties

$7,958

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
2015 Q3	755	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	10,045	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	20,408	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	22,873	9	3	393.5
2014 Q3	20,325	7	0	344.4
2014 Q2	5,096	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	5,326	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	17,432	6	1	344.2

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2015 · 1 incident

February 23, 2015 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Preferred Sands Of Minnesota · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing a steel plate (16"x 16") with the assistance of another employee, one was holding while one was cutting, when the steel plate was freed up the employee was in an awkward position and tried to handle the plate by himself. Resulting in a strain to his right arm and was given work restrictions returning to work.

2013 · 2 incidents

November 5, 2013 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Preferred Sands Of Minnesota · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working in a dozer when he decided to exit the vehicle. At this time he caught his left foot on the foot rest and twisted his left knee. Employee hurt his knee on the 5th and sought medical attention on the 6th of November.

August 14, 2013 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Preferred Sands Of Minnesota · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee did not report until 8/19/13 after his supervisor asked why he was wearing a brace on his wrist. He stated he injured it on 8/14/13 not really sure how it was just sore. At this time he did not seek medical treatment. On 8/21/13 the employee went to the Urgent care they diagnosed him with tendonitis and told him to wear a brace at all times and gave him restrictions.

2012 · 3 incidents

December 3, 2012 MN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Preferred Sands Of Minnesota · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was bending over to change out screens. He felt sore afterward but did not report until 12/10/2012. His doctor placed him on restricted duty.

June 1, 2012 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Preferred Sands Of Minnesota · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was aligning a gear box on a bucket elevator, and as he pushed forward he felt a pain in his lower back.

May 17, 2012 MN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Preferred Sands Of Minnesota · Struck against stationary object

Employee was picking up an extension cord in the maintenance shop. When he turned around he bumped his knee into a table, and his knee started to swell up.

2011 · 1 incident

May 6, 2011 MN · Metal/Non-Metal IMPOUNDMENT

Preferred Sands Of Minnesota · Accident type, without injuries

When adding extra water from the City and Plant, in an effort to fill pond three for the first time. It was believed that the additional water being pumped into pond one overflowed and washed out the South East corner of the Pond. No water entered the Plant or Mining areas, the water traveled East across Exel Easement into a wooded area and a farmers field.