Mining Incidents

Best Silica Company Metal/Non-Metal

Best Silica Corp · Surface
Controlled by Fairmount Santrol
Geauga County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303483

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1985 · 1 incident

April 15, 1985 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Best Silica Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS INSTALLING GUM RUBBER CHUTE LINERS WHILE CUTTING THEM TO SIZE I.NAME SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND. IT TOOK 4 SUTURES TO CLOSE THE CUT.

1984 · 4 incidents

July 3, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Best Silica Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OXY & ACY TORCH VALVE ON A ROSEBUD TIP WAS LEFT ACCIDENTLY IN THE ON POSITON, BAS BUILT UP IN THE MAINT. GARAGE. THE SHOP AIR COMPRESSOR KICKED ON CAUSING A SPARK WHICH CAUSED THE EXPLOSION.

July 3, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Best Silica Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OXY & ACY TORCH VALVE ONA ROSEBUD TIP WAS LEFT ACCIDENTLY IN THE ON POSITION, GAS BUILT UP IN THE MAIN. GARAGE. THE SHOP AIR COMPRESSOR KICKED ON CAUSING A SPARK WHICH CAUSED THE EXPLOSION.

July 3, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Best Silica Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data

OXY-ACY TOURCH VALVE ON A FOSEBUD TIP WAS LEFT ACCIDENTLY IN THE ON POSITION GAS BUILT UP IN THE MAINT. GARAGE, THE SHOP AIR COMPRESSOR KICKED ON CAUSING A SPARK WITCH CAUSED THE EXPLOSION.

July 3, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Best Silica Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data

OXY&ACY TOURCH VALUE ON ROSERBUD TIP WAS LEFT ACCIDENTLY IN THE ON POSITION, GAS BUILT UP IN THE MIAINT. GARAGE, THE SHOP AIR COMPRESSOR KICKED ON CAUSING A SPARK WITCH CAUSED THE EXPLOSION.

1983 · 2 incidents

September 2, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ELECTRICAL
Set Silica Sand Inc · Contact with electrical current

AN INDEPENDENT TRUCK DRIVER CONTRACTED BY A CUSTOMER TO PICK-UP A LOAD OF GRAVEL, BEFORE REACHING THE OFICE TRAILER & WEIGH SCALE, BACKED HIS TRUCK AT THE EDGE OF THE ACCESS ROAD & RAISED THE 31\ BED OF THE TRAILER INTO 13200 VOLT POWER LINES WHICH CROSS THE ACCESS ROAD AT APPROX 25\ ABOVE THE ROAD LEVEL.

February 7, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Set Silica Sand Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RELEASE JAMMED CABLE FROM CRANE BY TURNING HIOST DRUM. HIS HAND SLIPPED & HIS THUMB WENT IN TO A SMALL HOLE IN THE DRUM. THE AIR CLUTCH REMOVE THE TOP OF THE EE\S THUMB.