Mining Incidents

Superior Silica Sands, LLCMining Incidents in 2013

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Superior Silica Sands, LLC operations in 2013. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2013
0
Total incidents
1
Year
2013

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2013

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

On Tuesday 11/19/13 EE reported to his lead, that he was experiencing severe pain in his abdomen area. He said that on Friday he and a co-worker were changing the upper Rotex screens and he felt some pain in his stomach but thought nothing of it. EE had surgery to repair a hernia. He will be off at least ten days and will be able to return to work with restrictions.

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 Superior Silica Sands, LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.