Mining Incidents

Premier Magnesia LLCMining Incidents in 2023

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Premier Magnesia LLC operations in 2023. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2023
0
Total incidents
7
Year
2023

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 incidents
  2. 02POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2023

Struck against a moving object

Was driving a water truck and hit a bump which jolted EE and caused a severe pain in the abdomen. Took to ER and was diagnosed with umbilical hernia and given one day off duty to rest.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was training on water truck 75A. Employee states it is really hard to shift. The truck stalled and they could not get it into gear so they shifted it into gear as hard as they could with all the strength in their arm and felt something kinda pull in their arm. Employee reported the incident the next day to their manager and leadman.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was bent over under a pipe shoveling product into a wheelbarrow. Went to stand up and move wheelbarrow and felt pain in lower back on spine and could not pick up wheelbarrow to move it.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing liners in a chute. When employee took a step, felt a pop in right ankle.

Contact with hot objects or substances

One of our employees was injured when trying to dislodge product stuck in a discharge pipe at one of our furnaces onsite.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was breaking down a grader tire. Lifted the tire by self and felt a pop in lower back.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee swung a hammer to close a feed gate at an odd angle to prevent a screw to overload. Employee missed the feed gate and smacked left index finger.

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.