SORTING ROCKS OFF OF BELT AND PULLED BACK MUSCLES
Yuba Silica: 17 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Yuba Silica (mine ID 0404768). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1986–1989
- Latest incident
- Apr 1989
- Yuba Silica 1985 to 1988
- Yuba Silica Inc 1988 to present
Yuba Silica sits in Yuba County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
17 on file1989 · 3 incidents
CLEANING ROCK FEED HOPPER E MP SLIPPED AND FELL.
EMPL WAS WALKING ACROSS WAREHOUSE FLLOR WHEN HE TWISTED HIS FOOT TRIPPED OVER HIS OTHER FOOT FELLL INTO BUCKET SITTING ON FLOOR AND FELL
1988 · 13 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SCREENS FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER AND HE SCRATCHED HIS FINGERS ON THE SCREENS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ROCK CHIPS OFF BELT WHEN HE JAMMED HIS FINGER AGAINST A ROCK.
SORTING ROCK SEMP FELT SORENESS I N L. HAND FORM SORTING AND THROWING ROCKS.
EMP WA> GRINDING BONDING MATERIAL AND A FOREIGN JPC OF MATERIAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE. EMP WAS WERARING SAFETY GLASSES.
WHILE SORTIN ROCKS EMP SAID HAND STARTED TO HURT AND STA\TED TO SWELL.
WHILE LEANING OVER BELT AND SORTING ROCK EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN HER BACK.
HE WA> USING A METAL TOOL AND WHEN HE LET FO OF IT SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGERL.
HE WAS SUING HIS HAND TO CHECK THE FEED LEVEL IN THE PRIMARY CRUSHER AND A ROCK HIT THE BACK OF HIS HAND CAUSED SWELLING.
HE WAS SORTING ROCK AND A CHIP OR SPLINTER JAMMED INTO NAIL BED.
SHE WAS STEPPING OFF THE LADDER SLIPPED AND HIT THE GROUND BACKWARDS.
HE WAS REMOVING A LARGE ROCK FORM THE FEED TUNNEL AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL BRUISING HIS A RMS AND ELBOWS.
HE WA> WALKING ON CATWALK BETWEEN SAND BIN AND WAREHOUSE AND HE SLIPED.
SHE WAS LIFTING REJECT ASSEMBLY AFERWARDS SHE FELT BACK PAIN.
1986 · 1 incident
REPLACING GUARD3ON TAIL PULLEY BELT.