Mining Incidents

Titan Florida, LLC.Mining Incidents in 2012

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Titan Florida, LLC. operations in 2012. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2012
1
Total incidents
12
Year
2012

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  3. 03SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  4. 04FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 incident
  5. 05OTHER1 incident

All incidents in 2012

Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Employee was atop of cement silo when the roof collapsed engulfing him.

Struck by flying object

While pulling 54"" steel cable conveyor belt on conv#Y34 - approx. 200' belt had been secured for pulling with 6"" C-Clamps. EE was standing at the approx 230' from roll end where c-clamps were connected to roll. Both clamps released and flew the 230' to strike him on both the right and left upper thigh. He sustained bruising and abrasions on both thighs.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was cleaning belt from machinery and suddenly felt an insect bite on right arm.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to remove a pin from a link for the drag conveyor with a hammer. A piece of metal came off and went into his left wrist.

Fall down stairs

Employee was rolling up an air hose and descending from a staircase. While on the last step, he stepped back forgetting he was on the stair and fell onto his backside and then on his lower back.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in the process of placing a comealong when he pushed a piece of conveyor and it cut his finger.

Struck against a moving object

Employee strained his back when he braked suddenly while operating machinery.

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee began complaining on July 5th of respiratory problems that he felt were caused by inhaling smoke fumes and dust during the cleaning of a structure cleared) that caught fire on July 2nd.

Struck by falling object

Employee was relocating elevator buckets by placing them into pallets when one of the buckets from another pallet fell over, punctured glove and caught his hand. Employee suffered a laceration to his left hand.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee fell and lacerated his right leg while conducting an inspection.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pushing a pin out of the link for the drag conveyor K346, with a sledgehammer and chipping hammer, when a piece of metal from the pin released and punctured employee's glove and got into his left hand middle finger joint. Employee did not consider he required medical treatment on the day of incident, but requested medical treatment on 03/9/2012.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee experienced a recordable shift in hearing.

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 Titan Florida, LLC.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.