Mining Incidents

St. Croix Alumina, LLCMetal/Nonmetal

St. Croix, St Croix County, VI · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5500005
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Jan 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2001 · 2 incidents

Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS LEAVING THE ROOM WHEN HE HEARD SOMETHING ARCHING. EE WENT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS EE WAS CHEKCING IF IT WAS A.C. WHEN HE HEARD EXPLOSION

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE. WAS BREAKING SOME BOLTS ON A SPOOT USING A HAMMER.; THE HANDKEL BROKE AND THE HEAD FOR THE HAMMER STRUCK EE LEFT PINCKY FINGER.

2000 · 9 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WELDING A BEAM. WHEN EE FINISHED ANOTHER EE WANTED TO PAINT THE BEAM. EE ATTACHED THE CHAINS FOR A CRANE AND INSTRUCTED THE OTHER EE TO LIFT THE BEAM. WHILE EE WAS LIFTING THE BEAM THE BEAM SLIDE AND CUT EE LEFT INDEX FINGER.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RE-OPENING A VALVE. EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO BEAT THE VALVE. THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND STRUCK EE. LEFT THUMB.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

UWHILE WALKING IN AREA #9 EMPLOYEE STUMBLE TO KEEP FROM FALLING HE BRACED HIMSELF WITH HIS EIGHT HAND AND DISLOCATED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING THE UNDERFLOW ON T-6-3. AFTER THIS SHE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE FEED TO THE BASKET WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO SOME MUD. CAUSTIC WENT INTO LEFT BOOT.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES TO PULL THREE HOSES WITH A TRACTOR BITER. WHILE PULLING THE HOSES ONE OF HOSE GOT LOOSE AND SWUNG AND FLIPPED EMPLOYEE OFF HIS FEET.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLOSING A FEED VALVE FROM 1-7-37 TO 1-7-29 ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING A HANDLE WITH ANOTEHR HANDLE. AFTER THE EMPLOYEE KNOCKED THE HANDLE THE HANDLE KNOCKED UP AND EMPLOYEE RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE VALVE AND THE HANDLE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING UNIT 7 CLOSING A SCALE BASKET (VALVE) USING A KNOCK ABOUT HANDLE TO LOOSEN THE HANDLE ON THE SCALE BASKET, THE HANDLE SLIPPED AND HIT EMLOYEE ON THE LEFT THUMB.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE WORKING UNIT 8 TAKING OF A VALUE, EE REACHED THE LAST BOLT THE NUT WAS TURNING THE WRONG SAY. EE TOOK A HAMMER AND KNOCKED THE VALVE. WHEN EE HIT THE VALVE THE PRESSURE BLEW THE CAUSTIC OUT OF THE VALUE.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON THE DOCK. WHEN HE PUSHED A CARTRIDGE FROM HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE EDGE WHILE PICKING IT UP TO PUT IT IN THE DUMPSTER.