Mining Incidents

Grinding Plant: 12 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Newpark Resources Inc
Washita County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401332

MSHA record for Grinding Plant (mine ID 3401332). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. Eisenman Chemical Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Grinding Plant sits in Washita County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 6.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Washita County, Oklahoma · Population 10,857
6.7%
Mining share of county employment
$61,980
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1984 · 6 incidents

March 9, 1984 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eisenman Chemical Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMP WAS WORKING ON BACK LOADING DOXK HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE DOCK AND HURT HIS BACK

February 25, 1984 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eisenman Chemical Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING JOURNAL FROM MILL FOOT PINCHED BETWEEN ROLL AND WORK PLATFORM BRUISED SIDE OF FOOT

February 4, 1984 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eisenman Chemical Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A WRENCH TO LOOSEN NUTS ON DISCHARGE VALVE, THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING THE HANDLE OF THE WRENCH TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE

February 3, 1984 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Eisenman Chemical Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS REMOVING PRODUCT FROM INSIDE OF 6" SUCTION LINE WHEN HIS FINGER WENT INTO UPPER AIRLOCK. SAFETY SWITCHES WERE OFF BUT AIRLOCK SAFETY SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED

February 2, 1984 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Eisenman Chemical Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED A RASH ON HIS BODY FROM THE CHEMICALS IN THE WAREHOUSE.

January 1, 1984 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eisenman Chemical Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DOWN IN A RAILROAD CAR WHEN A SCREEN FELL DOWN ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

1983 · 6 incidents

December 13, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eisenman Chemical Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND DISLOCATED HIS RIBS.

October 17, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Eisenman Chemical Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

REBAGGER STARTED, EMPLOYEE REACHED THROUGH BELT GUARD, GRABBED BELT AND STARTED THE MOTOR. THUMB ON RIGHT HAND WAS PULLED AROUND DRIVE PULLEY.

October 13, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eisenman Chemical Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER SCALE. HE WAS STANDING ON A SCALE BEAM, SLIPPED OFF AND LANDED ON RIGHT ANKLE.

September 25, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS (TOXIC AGENTS)
Eisenman Chemical Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CHEMICAL ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA

August 22, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Eisenman Chemical Company · Struck by powered moving object

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A FORKLIFT AND RAN OVER KENNYS FOOT.

August 17, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eisenman Chemical Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPRAINED LEFT WRIST WHILE MOVING BAGS OF GEL FROM THE CONVEYOR TO A PALLET.