Mining Incidents

Premier Magnesia LLCMining Incidents in 2017

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Premier Magnesia LLC operations in 2017. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2017
0
Total incidents
8
Year
2017

Top incident classifications

  1. 01STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT2 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  3. 03MACHINERY2 incidents
  4. 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  5. 05EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE1 incident

All incidents in 2017

Struck against stationary object

Employee states that ee was walking to oil the baker cooler in the basement of 3 & 4 herreshoff through 6 to 8 inches of spilled material and stepped in a hole under the material.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning under a screw that was being removed. The screw shifted 2 inches, striking the employee on the head (under hard hat), neck and shoulder. There was no contact marks and the employee did not necessarily want treatment however the company felt with the area affected, employee should be checked out.

Struck by falling object

Employee was fitting a piece of plate, it came loose and hit the employee on upper right lip, cutting it and chipped front right tooth.

Struck by flying object

Employee was using an air hose to blow out the truck and lost control of the hose which struck their right eye blowing material in to their eye. The employee did not report this accident until the next shift on 9/7/17.

Struck by flying object

Employee states that ee was hammering on a tail bearing to remove and replace. As ee was hammering, a piece of metal broke off and flew under glasses and in to eye.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Product bag burst with product going in to employee's eye, behind safety glasses.

Rubbed or abraded

Employee was kneeling on concrete and heard employee's knee pop.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a grinder when it slipped and hit left index finger. Employee received sutures and a splint.

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.