Mining Incidents

Premier Magnesia LLCMining Incidents in 2004

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Premier Magnesia LLC operations in 2004. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2004
0
Total incidents
4
Year
2004

Top incident classifications

  1. 01NO VALUE FOUND2 incidents
  2. 02MACHINERY1 incident
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2004

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting wedges on table saw when wedge got lodged. Employee tried to dislodge the wedge and the wedge took his hand into the blade. His left middle finger and his left ring finger were cut.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee trying to close a bin gate, the gate continued past where the employee thought the gate should stop. The employee's left pinky fingernail passed through a tight spot, the fingernail was pulled off.

No Value Found

Employee was training a fellow employee on a bagging system. The trainee removed the bag early and product blew into trainer's right eye causing a corneal abrasion.

No Value Found

Employee was sweeping had chest pain and numbness in arm. Subsequently found out that he had a gall bladder stone being passed.

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.