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Lake Wales Dry Plant: 157 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Valerie Carnes
Lake Wales, Polk County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0800395

Lake Wales Dry Plant has $83K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
47
Years on record
1983–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
157
citations
56
significant & substantial
$83,261
proposed penalties
$83,199
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $62 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Standard Sand & Silica Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
99
inspections on record
1,139
inspection hours
13.8
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
157 citations across 1,139 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-12-02.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Lake Wales Dry Plant has $83K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$83K
proposed penalties
$83K
current assessed
$83K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
151 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
36.1%
significant & substantial
14.2%
high negligence or reckless
36.1%
reasonably likely or greater
45.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.2% low, 80.6% moderate, 14.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 75%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 25%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
3%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $5K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2015-09-23.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2011-242M Prevail McCarthy 2011 $5K → $5K
SE 2012-607M Settlement Steele 2012 $162 → $100
SE 2014-0508 Withdrawal Lesnick 2015 $100 → $0
SE 2015-0467 Settlement Lesnick 2016 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-03-21
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
62
samples
41
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz417 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg21
Show the individual readings (62)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.21 1.57 Forklift Operator
2024-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.21 1.62 Utility Man
2022-07-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.23 1.43 Bagging Operator
2020-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.26 1.62 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-07-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.54 0.58 2.66 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.23 1.30 Bagging Operator
2002-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.35 1.20 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.25 0.72 Utility Man
2025-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.29 0.76 Utility Man
2024-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2022-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.32 0.47 Utility Man
2022-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.38 0.37 Forklift Operator
2022-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.27 0.70 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2022-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.27 0.78 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2022-07-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.31 0.87 Bagging Operator
2022-07-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.47 0.60 Bagging Operator
2021-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2020-09-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-09-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.49 0.33 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2017-11-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.36 0.39 Forklift Operator
2017-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-10-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.91 0.24 Bagging Operator
2016-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2016-10-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.35 0.34 Bagging Operator
2016-02-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.67 0.43 Utility Man
2016-02-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-02-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.44 0.48 Bagging Operator
2015-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2015-01-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.46 0.28 Bagging Operator
2015-01-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.3 0.70 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-07-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.17 0.22 Utility Man
2012-11-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-11-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.32 0.66 Bagging Operator
2010-11-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.33 0.70 Bagging Operator
2009-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.73 0.47 Bagging Operator
2007-07-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 0.42 0.95 Utility Man
2007-07-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2004-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2004-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2004-10-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.44 0.66 Bagging Operator
2004-10-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.61 0.28 Bagging Operator
2004-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2004-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.31 0.77 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.3 0.90 Bagging Operator
2003-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.52 0.29 Bagging Operator
2003-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2002-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.41 0.68 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2002-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 0.84 0.90 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2002-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.37 0.35 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2002-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.49 0.39 Bagging Operator
2001-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.45 0.40 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.84 0.27 Laborer, Bullgang
2000-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.55 0.69 Laborer, Bullgang
2000-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.31 0.20 Utility Man
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Lake Wales Dry Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.33 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 4.57 4.57 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 17.04 8.52 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 6.78 6.78 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Silica Mining Inc 1950 to 1990
  2. Standard Sand & Silica Company 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 16
2025 19
2024 23
2023 23
2022 23
2021 24
2020 13
2019 13
2018 13
2017 12
2016 9
2015 8
2014 10
2013 9
2012 9
2011 8
2010 8
2009 17
2008 18
2007 18
2006 1
2005 15
2004 19
2003 19
2002 18
2001 13
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lake Wales Dry Plant sits in Polk County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Polk County, Florida · Population 760,961
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,644
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 5,992 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 6,687 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 10,023 3 0 299.3
2025 Q3 10,543 18 9 1707.3
2025 Q2 8,121 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 13,138 2 0 152.2
2024 Q4 11,676 2 0 171.3
2024 Q3 13,185 5 3 379.2
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,968 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,918 3 0 336.4
2023 Q4 12,242 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 15,265 12 5 786.1
2023 Q2 12,645 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 12,962 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 11,748 3 0 255.4
2022 Q3 11,437 7 3 612.0
2022 Q2 14,558 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 14,320 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 14,855 1 1 67.3
2021 Q3 13,362 7 5 523.9
2021 Q2 9,318 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 9,416 1 0 106.2
2020 Q4 6,757 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,980 3 2 429.8
2020 Q2 5,493 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,616 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,919 5 3 560.6
2019 Q3 7,284 2 0 274.6
2019 Q2 6,655 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,092 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 7,630 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,492 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,542 3 1 397.8
2018 Q1 6,830 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,346 4 1 544.5
2017 Q3 6,357 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,673 3 1 528.8
2017 Q1 5,337 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,552 4 0 878.7
2016 Q3 5,240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,820 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,567 2 0 264.3
2015 Q4 4,532 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,345 1 0 230.1
2015 Q2 4,071 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,787 1 0 264.1
2014 Q4 3,982 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,998 2 1 400.2
2014 Q2 5,165 1 0 193.6
2014 Q1 4,180 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,429 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,619 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,813 1 1 207.8
2013 Q1 4,600 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,084 2 0 489.7
2012 Q3 4,399 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,276 2 1 467.7
2012 Q1 4,373 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,176 1 1 239.5
2011 Q3 4,429 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,276 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,496 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,719 1 0 268.9
2010 Q3 3,752 1 1 266.5
2010 Q2 4,390 1 0 227.8
2010 Q1 5,319 2 1 376.0
2009 Q4 10,054 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,129 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 8,033 3 1 373.5
2009 Q1 7,629 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,829 1 0 146.4
2008 Q3 10,734 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 13,246 1 0 75.5
2008 Q1 10,889 1 0 91.8
2007 Q4 11,596 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 10,962 1 0 91.2
2007 Q2 12,058 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 11,766 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 729 5 2 6858.7
2006 Q3 779 1 1 1283.7
2006 Q2 762 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 757 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,244 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 12,375 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,300 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,192 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 9,497 2 0 210.6
2004 Q3 14,422 2 1 138.7
2004 Q2 13,286 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 12,835 4 0 311.6
2003 Q4 12,970 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 13,354 5 2 374.4
2003 Q2 11,576 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 11,857 4 1 337.4
2002 Q4 11,733 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 12,578 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 13,670 17 7 1243.6
2002 Q1 9,459 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 10,087 1 0 99.1
2001 Q3 10,666 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,574 2 1 233.3
2001 Q1 4,243 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,648 1 0 177.1
2000 Q3 5,294 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,059 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,393 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

47 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 17, 2026 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee was repairing a shaft. While tightening the shaft, the employee's hand slipped out of the wrench, and the employee hit EE's left eye

2024 · 1 incident

April 8, 2024 FL · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was carrying out routine maintenance on the dryer drum drive belts. While changing the 2nd belt, the belt backlashed & pulled right hand causing a cut on pinky & ring finger

2023 · 1 incident

September 25, 2023 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Standard Sand & Silica Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee walked out of break room. EE stumbled for unknown reasons and fell. A few seconds later EE started having convulsions. This is when EE struck head on the ground causing EE to bleed. EMS was called and available within 7minutes. The employee was taken to the hospital and received treatment.

2021 · 4 incidents

September 1, 2021 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was cleaning up area around dryer. As they backed up the wheel barrow started twisting causing them to loose balance & roll their left ankle.

July 7, 2021 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was stacking bags and had index finger caught by a bag.

May 19, 2021 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was trying to clear a stuck flow hole in the bin knife gate, when it released and caught EE's hand.

January 13, 2021 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was stacking 50 lb bags onto a pallet. Employee over extended while stacking a bag and twisted/strained back

2018 · 1 incident

December 11, 2018 FL · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator POWERED HAULAGE
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck against a moving object

Operator moving 2 pallets of material stacked on top of each other, the material weight exceeded the forklifts moving capability. Operator raised the load too high from the ground and when the forklift was moved forward the forks tilted forward lifting the forklift and once the pallets fell off the fork the lift landed back on the ground.

2015 · 1 incident

December 28, 2015 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was removing drain plug on oil pan on tractor. Felt shoulder pop when he pulled on wrench.

2013 · 1 incident

August 14, 2013 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating forklift. Back started hurting (twitching and minor spasms).

2010 · 1 incident

May 20, 2010 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Standard Sand & Silica Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

This was not an accident/injury. The employee collapsed while leaning on bagging machine table. Fellow employee found ee on the floor and called 911 and administered CPR. Employee later died at the hospital (see Death Certificate #9 - place of death).

2008 · 1 incident

April 30, 2008 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Fall from machine

EE was moving pneumatic tanker after loading and grabbed handle on side of truck to enter drivers cab, handle was wet with dew and hand slipped. EE fell hitting right inner thigh on truck step and left knee on ground.

2004 · 1 incident

September 20, 2004 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ON LIFT CAGE OF LULL FORKLIFT, REMOVING TRIM FROM BLDG. DAMAGED BY HURRICANES. FORKLIFT BACKED UP TO LOWER LIFT CAGE & WENT FROM CONCRETE TO SAND. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE LIFT CAGE SHIFTED & EE HAD HIS HAND AT THE BACK OF THE CAGE, OVER THE HANDRAIL. WHEN LIFT CAGE SHIFTED IT PINCHED THE END OF EE'S FINGER BETWEEN CAGE HANDRAIL & FORKLIFT PALLET GUARD.

2002 · 6 incidents

September 24, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CHANGING A SHEAVE. HE PLACED THE SHEAVE ON TOP OF A PUMP FACE AND THE SHEAVE SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER. FINGER WAS LACERATED.

September 19, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS ASSISTING IN CHANGING A CABLE ON THE DREDGE FROM THE WORKBOAT. EE STEPPED OVER THE SEAT, SLIPPED AND SCRAPED RT. LEG - SHIN.

September 5, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER CUTTING A PIECE OF POLY-PIPE, EE STEPPED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PIPE TO DETERMINE WHY THE PIPE HADN'T RELEASED. JUST AFTER HE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE TENSION RELEASED AND THE PIPE HIT EE IN THE LEFT LEG.

July 25, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TAKING 0PROPANE TANK OUT OF RACK AND PLACING ON FLOOR, DOR TO RACK CAME BACK AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TANK & DOOR CUTTING HAND.

June 11, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH TO SHRINK-WRAP A PALLET OF SAND BAGS. HE HELD THE TORCH TOO CLOSE FOR TOO LONG AND THE FILM CAUGHT FIRE. HE USED HIS HAND TO PUT THE FIRE OUT, BURNING HIS HAND.

2001 · 2 incidents

September 11, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS AND CO-WORKER WAS MOVING PALLETS ON FORKILFT AND EMPLOYEE WAS PINNED BETWEEN STACKING TABLE AND FORKLIFT.

1997 · 5 incidents

November 20, 1997 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STACKING BAGS PAIN TO LOWER BACK.

July 22, 1997 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck against stationary object

JUMPED UP ON TRUCK CAUSING CUT TO RIGHT KNEE.

1996 · 1 incident

1995 · 1 incident

1993 · 1 incident

February 25, 1993 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED GOING INTO FACE OF INJURED. STITCHES WERE TAKNE. TOOTH WAS CHIPPED.

1992 · 6 incidents

September 14, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE SANDBLASTING HOSE FROM SAND RELEASED & HIT RIGHT WRIST

July 29, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICE OF METAL CRUSHED LEFT THUMB WHILE WORKING PINCHED STITCHES WROPPED UP.

July 24, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING 55 LB BARREL, PAIN CAME TO LOWER BACK.

June 8, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Flash burns (welding)

INJURED WAS STANDING TOO CLOSE TO WELDERS AND RECEIVED THE GLADE DURING THE EVENING HRS.

March 26, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIPE SLIPPED HITTING MOUTH & TEETH

1991 · 1 incident

1989 · 2 incidents

October 26, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Silica Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING PONTOONS OFF SHORE LINE WITH WORK BOAT TIED BY ROPE. ROPE CAME UNTIED SLAPPING INSIDE OF LEFT FOOT.

March 28, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Silica Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FORKLIFT ROLLED WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS SACKING BAGS TO PUT ON PICK UP TRUCK FOOT WAS PINNED BETWEEN PALLET AND TAILGATE ON TRUCK.

1986 · 1 incident

June 10, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Silica Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STACKING BAGS O0 SAND

1985 · 1 incident

May 21, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Silica Mining Inc · Fall from ladders

WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER ON #3 CLASSIFIER, SLIPPED OFF LADDER AND CAUGHT MOST OF HIS WEIGHT ON FINGERS (ESPECIALLY LITTLE FINGER) OF RIGHT HAND , HOLDING ONTO LADDER RAIL. PULLED LITTLE FINGER O UT OF SOCKET, TORE & RUPTURED TENDONS IN RIGHT HAND.

1984 · 5 incidents

November 5, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Silica Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING A 1012 ADAPTER TO MORE IUT FROM DREDGE TO WORK BOAT. IT SLIPPED ONTO THE RIGHT HAND JULY 30 TH EMPLOYEE UNDERWENT SURGERY FOR A SYNDROME OF RIGHT CARPAL TUNNEL. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT TOLD TO PREFORM THIS UNSAFE HE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF ADAPTER WAS TO HEAVY FOR ONE PERSON TO TRY TO HANDLE.

September 13, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Silica Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING WITH CABLE OVER HIS SHOULDER TO TIE TO ANOTHER PIECE OF CABLE WHEN CABLE SNAGGED SOMETHING ON DREDGE EMPLOYEE WAS JOLTED BACKWARDS SPRAIN IN NECK

August 31, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Silica Mining Inc · Fall from machine

WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF LOADER, SLIPPED ON TOP STEP SPUN AROUND WHILE HOLDING ON TO GUARD RAIL AND HIT LADDER WITH BACK

March 30, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Silica Mining Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STOOD UP AFTER KNEELING FELT SNAP IN RT KNEE CAP. TORN CARTILAGE IN KNEE.

January 6, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Silica Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A CASE OF MOTOR OIL TO THE WORK BOAT FOR THE DIESEL DREDGE SAND GAVE WAY UNDER HIS FET THROWING HIM SIDEWAYS

1983 · 2 incidents

September 1, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Silica Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN WAREHOUSE ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE STACKED PALLETS, BAGS ON PALLET SHIFTED AND FELL ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE.

January 14, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Silica Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE DID NOT LOCK OUT DRIVE MOTOR FOR SCREW- ELECT. CHECKING CIRCUIT TURNED SCREW ON & RESULTING DEEP LACERATION TO RIGHT THIGH.