Mining Incidents

United Salt CorporationMining Incidents in 2018

All MSHA-reportable accidents at United Salt Corporation operations in 2018. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2018
0
Total incidents
2
Year
2018

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  2. 02POWERED HAULAGE1 incident

All incidents in 2018

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was unplugging chute felt pain & numbness on right hand little finger & ring finger reported to supervisor. Went home at 3:00 regular quitting time. Went to ER at 7:00pm Dr. sent ee to hospital

Struck by powered moving object

Employee was walking in the warehouse and a forklift came up beside employee and made a hard turn to the right and hit employee on the right side of body. It knocked employee down on the floor. Employee sprained left ankle. Employee is on restricted work duty.

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 United Salt Corporation's numeric MSHA operator ID.