Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I.NAME FIXING BELT THAT WAS TURNED OFF AND BELT ROLLED BACK,PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN BELT & PULLEY.INFECTION IN 4TH FINGER LEFT HAND.
Bay City Silica: 15 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Treco Sales Inc
Pierce County,
WI
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Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4701146
MSHA record for Bay City Silica (mine ID 4701146). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1987–1990
- Latest incident
- Apr 1990
Ownership history
- Bay City Sand Company 1950 to 1980
- Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Bay City Silica sits in Pierce County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Pierce County, Wisconsin · Population 42,351
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$88,802
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file1990 · 5 incidents
April 25, 1990
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL WAS SHOVELING OUT TAIL PULLER ON DRY BED BELT HE SAID HE HAD TO STOOP DOWN & STRADDLE YOURSELF TO KEEP YOUR BALANCE IN SAND & WHEN HE WENT TO CLIMB OUT HE FELT SHARP PAIN.
April 16, 1990
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Struck against stationary object
I.NAME GETTING DOWN OFF LOADER BACK IN MINE,STEPPED ON ROCK AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF ROCK.CONTINUED WORKING,DR SAID PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK AND SHOULD BE OFF WORK 10 DAYS.
March 20, 1990
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPL SAID HE PUT CAT 936 LOADER INTO NEUTRAL & APPLIED EMERGENCY BREAK. H WAS GOING TO GET OFF LOADER. LOADER SUDDENLY STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS GIVING HIM JOLT.
January 8, 1990
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
ELECTRICAL
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Flash burns (electric)
I,NAME WAS CHECKING A FUSE IN A FUSE BOX AND WHEN HE STUCK THE FUSE TESTER IN THE BOX IT EXPLODED.
1989 · 7 incidents
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Flash burns (electric)
WAS CHARGING UP A BATTERY AND IT BLEW UP.
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HAD BEEN SHOVELING SAND IN THE MORNING AND AT APPROX. 1:00PM HE WENT TO STAND FROM A SILLING POSITION AND THAT IS WHEN HE FELT THE INJURY.
October 15, 1989
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Fall from machine
WAS GETTING DOWN OFF LOADER AND HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE CAME DOWN WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT ON RIGHT LEG AND HE BENT OVER HIS RIGHT KNEE.
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS WORKING ON THE SUSPENSION OF MAC TRUCK NEAR REAR SPRING, A CHAIN BROKE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER CAUSING TRAUMA TO FINGER.
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WENT TO GET EXPLOSIVE CAPS OUT OF CAP SHACK AND THE BIG LATCH SWUNG DOWN AND HIT HIS FOOT.
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Struck against a moving object
REOCCUENCE OF INJURY 2-6-89 WHEN HE WAS DRIVING DUMP TRUCK AND THE DUMP BOX ON THE TRUCK WENT UP AND HIT THE CEILING OF MINE ENTRANCE.
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Struck against a moving object
I.NAME DRIVING DUMP TRUCK.DUMP BOX ON TRUCK WENT UP AND HE DIDNT REALIZE IT.WHEN HE ENTERED MINE DUMP BOX HIT CEILING OF ENTRANCE.RECD JOLT WHICH CAUSED INJURIES. TED IN THE INJURIES.
1988 · 2 incidents
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS PUTTING BELT DRESSING ON A PULLEY.THE CAN SLIPPED OUT OF HIS AHND AND WHEN HE WAS REACHING FOR THE CAN HIS AHND GOT CAUGHT BY THE BELT AND PULLEY TWISTING HIS HAND.
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THEY WERE WORKING IN THE SHOP PUTTING A DUMP BOX ON A TRUCK I NAME GOT UP IN THE DUMP BOX BECAUSE THEY NEEDED A LITTLE PRESSURE FROM UP ABOVE WHEN HE STOOD UP A BLADE FROM THE CEILING FAN HIT HIM ON THE R SIDE OF HIS HEAD JUST ABOVE HIS EAR
1987 · 1 incident
September 28, 1987
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE TURNED THE D6ST COLLECTOR OFF TO CHANGE A BELT ON IT AND HIS PINKY FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT WHEN HE WAS ROLLING THE BELT.