US Silica CompanyMining Incidents in 2022

Mill G classifier #4 on the 6th floor had a bearing that over heated and caught the grease on fire.

Opening a railcar (boxcar) door, employee pinched left ring finger between the door and the door frame, resulting in the amputation of the left fingertip at the first joint.

While drilling holes for roof bolts and mesh with a jackleg drill, a section of roof fell on two miners. The individual for this report suffered fractures to the tibia, fibula, and 3 vertebrae.

While attempting to clean the windshield of a haul truck in contradiction of company policy the employee fell to the ground. The fall resulted in a fractured rib and facial bones.

Miner was repositioning an overhead loadout spout to load a railcar when the spout was caught in a bind on the railcar top chute door. The miner attempted to pull the spout over the chute door lip when the miner's left hand was caught in between the spout and the railcar door chute.

Injured had just dismounted their haul truck with both feet on the ground. When the employee turned to walk away the left knee buckled. Diagnosed with a left knee strain.

While pulling electrical wires, the employee noticed soreness in shoulder. The employee had surgery for a torn rotator cuff and was taken off work on 10/3/2022, EE had worked full duty and missed no time until that point.

Employee (HEO) was walking backwards and tripped over the implement of EE's blade at ground level while conducting a pre-op on that equipment. Employee injured EE's neck and required possible medical treatment. The diagnosis is still outstanding due to lack of specialist care availability and a request to reclassify this injury may be made in the near future.

Employee was installing shaft and bearing housing. Mounting bolt was not aligned. Employee used a pry bar to lift the housing in order to reposition the bolt. The employee reached under the housing and the pry bar slipped. Fourth finger was pinched between housing and mounting surface fracturing tip of finger and requiring stitches.

Employees working at the end of the day. Employees wearing full-face PAPRs. Employees noticed fan blades making contact with housing. Employees were on opposite sides of the fan unit. One employee rotated the fan side to find contact areas. Employee on the other side attempted to assist rotation and pinched finger between the pulley and fan belt.

Employee was lubricating a shaft that was outside the line automated packaging area when at the same time, they grabbed a bag for no reason near a moving roller. Their hand reached really high and the roller pulled the tip of middle finger into the roller chipping the tip of the middle finger bone.

Employee tripped on a railcar hatch while atop the car. Hatch lip lacerated the employee's left shin resulting in 7 sutures.

Employee was changing belt on a locked out elevator motor. Employee lifted up weight on the belt and had the weight reset. Right index fingertip was lacerated when caught between belt and pulley, requiring 5 sutures.

Dip/Depression in the asphalt at the bottom of the stairs.

The employee was pulling a power cable to a pump barge from shore. The employee did not know they were injured until the next day when they woke up and had lower back pain. They then informed their supervisor and the injured employee was brought to the Doctor. A MRI was scheduled for 12/5/22. After the results were read EE was given Physical therapy on 12/8/22 2 weeks.

Walking to the Lab EE tripped over floor mat and landed on their wrist causing a fracture.

EE using an angle grinder got foreign material in right eye. EE was not using the proper PPE for the task. EE was wearing safety glasses, but did not wear a face shield.

Employee was reinstalling tile on a steel fan blade with RTV and was cut by a piece of tile as it slipped out of EE's hand and fell to the ground.

Employee was adjusting the armrest inside the L60H front end loader, they grabbed the lever with left hand and pulled up quickly as the lever was stuck and knuckle contacted the track for the arm rest and lacerated the knuckle. Employee received 4 stitches.

Hand in proximity to snatch block while manipulating a belt.