Mining Incidents

Premier Magnesia LLCMining Incidents in 2001

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Premier Magnesia LLC operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2001
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2001

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  2. 02MACHINERY1 incident
  3. 03SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  4. 04POWERED HAULAGE1 incident

All incidents in 2001

Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GRINDER ON A CLUTCH WHEN A HARD WENT INTO HIS EYE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OVER A WATER PIPE WITH HISLEFT LEG WHEN HIS RIGHT LEG CAUGHT ON THE PIPE CAUSING HIM TO STUMBLE AND TWIST HIS LEFT ANKLE.THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WALK ON THE ANKLE NOT KNOWING IT WAS BROKEN.

Contact with hot objects or substances

THE DUST CHAMBER HOPPER WAS PLUGGED WITH PRODUCT. EMPLOYEE TAPPED ON THE BIN WITH HIS LEFT FOOT TO LOOSEN PRODUCT. IN DOING THIS, HOT MATERIAL FLUSHED OUT AND INTO HIS LEFT BOOT, CAUSING BURN S TO THE TOP AND BACK OF HIS LEFT FOOT. TO DOCTOR THE SAME DAY- OFF WORK SINCE.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WITH THE DOOR OPEN ON A PICKUP TRUCK, EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE WHEEL CHOCK CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL FORWARD, PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE PICKUP DOOR AND THE DOOR OF HMS BUILDING.

Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER THE DUST PODS ON THE DUST COLLECTOR. IN DOING THIS, HOT MATERIAL FLUSHED OUT FROM THE SYSTEM INTO HIS GLOVE, CAUSING BURNS TO HIS RIGHT HAND. TO DOCTOR 4-9-01.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Premier Magnesia LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.