Mining Incidents

Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, LLCMining Incidents in 2001

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, LLC operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2001
0
Total incidents
6
Year
2001

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
  2. 02POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
  3. 03FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2001

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PRYING ON PIPE TO LIFT PIPE SO LINE COULD BE CLEARED WHEN HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS BACK.

Struck against a moving object

ON 5-19-01 THE INJURED NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE WAS HURT. THE INJURED TOLD THAT HE HURT HIS NECK.HE WAS SENT TO THE DR. IMMEDIATELY. WAS GIVEN MEDICATION AND HAD MINIMAL PHYSICAL THERAP Y.

Struck by falling object

APPROXIMATELY 100 # SAND FELL FROM EDGE OF RIB ANEAR ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ALONG HIS BACK.

Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING LOADER ON UNEVEN ROAD, HIT DIP HARD, STRAINED BACK MUSCLE AS A RESULT OF JARRING OPERATOR STATED HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY BELT.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS HELPING TO REPLACE A PIN ON LOADER AND CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER ON SHARP METAL.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While dumping sand in mine, ceiling dropped sand onto cab of truck causing cab to compress. Cab roof came in contact with employee.

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 Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.