Mining Incidents

Fry Hill Site Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by NI Sand Holdings LLC
Chetek, Barron County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703755

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2016–2017
Latest incident
Nov 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
44
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,401
proposed penalties
$5,401
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
2020 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 890 1 0 1123.6
2019 Q4 1,696 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,980 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,843 8 1 1369.2
2019 Q1 5,691 2 0 351.4
2018 Q4 11,959 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 16,220 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 2 incidents

November 21, 2017 WI · Metal/Non-Metal sandfiller (wet), slurry operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Industrial Sand LLC · Fall onto or against objects

The plant operator was carrying an extension ladder by self, when ee turned rounding a de-watering screen ee tripped and fell against the corner of the screen.

November 15, 2017 WI · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Northern Industrial Sand LLC · Struck by flying object

EE and another ee were unbolting a HDPE slurry pipe feeding de-watering screen SC-03A. The HDPE pipe has a slip flange on the end for ease of alignment. When the bolts were loosened the heavy HDPE pipe slipped and turned impacting ee in the chest knocking ee down and breaking collar bone.

2016 · 1 incident

May 24, 2016 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Northern Industrial Sand LLC · Struck by flying object

Cat off-road dump truck was stuck at tailings storage area. Dozer operator was trying to free the truck from stuck position by using a strap and shackle to pull the vehicle. Shackle failed causing it to hit the dozer operator in the arm. This caused a fracture in EE's right arm. Operator was transported to the Rice Lake hospital with a non-life threatening injury.