Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee stepped wrong and twisted the knee, causing pain. Diagnosed as knee sprain, light duty.
Blaine MineMetal/Nonmetal
Black Mountain Sand Midcon LLC · Surface
Controlled by Black Mountain Sand LLC
Fay, Dewey County, OK · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3402185
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2019–2020
- Latest incident
- Feb 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2020 · 1 incident
2019 · 3 incidents
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Employee was loading rotex balls and screens into the skid steer when EE twisted at the waist and strained back.
Struck against stationary object
Employee was working at clearing the chute where the Cyclone from the West Dryer discharges into the sump. As EE was working to clear this chute EE smashed hand into the top opening of the chute causing injury to the tip of the little finger on the left hand. The fingernail was lost and the tip of the finger required stitches.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The injured employee got EE's left thumb caught between a forklift mast and a fork causing a laceration to the left thumb.