Premier Magnesia LLCMining Incidents in 2011

Employee was struck by falling steel from the steel rack station giving way.

Employee was switching bins for bagging purposes, material came out from air spout and blew in face and eyes.

Employee was pressure washing a drill using a ladder to reach the top. While climbing down the ladder, the rungs were wet/slippery. Employee lost her footing on the third to last rung and jumped to save from falling. She broke a bone in her right foot.

Employee was gathering materials near a welding station. He felt flash burns later in the evening.

Bag on bagger overfilled and broke shooting product in eyes.

Employee was pulling a pallet that was stuck from the palletizer and heard/felt a pop in his right shoulder.

Employee jack hammering built up material from a tank. Material sloughed off scraping employees left forearm.

Employee putting pump in place then felt shoulder start to hurt. Employee sought medical treatment on 4/11/11 notifying company of medical care on 4/12/11. No diagnosis was returned, xray report states ""pending"". Modified duty of no lifting over 50# which is sufficient for the job. Employee on vacation on 4/15/11 has not yet returned with full release or report from physician.

High winds caused dust to blow into employee eyes.

Employee slipped, causing knee strain.

Employee was moving a cover on a cooler when cooler cover crushed left hand.

Employee was lifting a come along and dropped it on his left hand.

Employee sitting on a chair, reading a manual to a maintenance mechanic. Employee coughed. Mechanic saw that employee looked as if he were not breathing. Went to employee's aid. Employee came to but was unsure of where he was. Employee sent with his wife to hospital, refused ambulance. No C4 has been filled out and no diagnosis. Hospital had him off the following day.