All MSHA-reportable accidents at Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, LLC operations in 2010. Fatalities appear first.
Roof fall in primary 300ft inside porthole #1 on 90N at first intersection. Pile is approximatly 20'x20'x3'to5' deep. MSHA called with in 5 minutes. There were 5 miners and 1 contractor in mine at time of incident. Everyone got out with no injuries.
No injuries. Roof fall on the west side of the mine and the primary escape, at 90 E impeded travel. 10 miners were in the mine, zero contractors.
EE was loading trucks in wet sand area noticed smoke, tried to get #7 loader out of mine and made it as far as 90 and #1 portal and loader started on fire. Put out with extinguisher. No injuries, just equipment damage. Mine evacuated, called MSHA, removed loader.
Roof fall in tunnel 86E of primary escapeway impeding travel. No injury and no equipment damage. The roof fall happened under normal mining conditions. The area was immediately barricaded and employees notified of restriction of travel and evacuated. MSHA was notified within 15 minutes (07:36 PM) via Hotline.
Dumping small lab hopper and associate hit the frozen sand with hand to free material. The frozen sand came out and the hopper weight shifted and hopper lid stuck right hand index finger, peeling skin back. Taken to urgent care and received 5 stitches.
Injured 2nd toe while walking over rocks.
Two associates were rotating a steel frame. The frame was pulled to the edge of the work bench and one of the associates reached to grab the frame when it fell to the ground. His small left finger was pinched between steel frame and table top resulting in a fracture.
EE was removing fuel tank from sweeper in an area with low lighting, and not sure how, but wire cut EE's middle finger on his right hand.
Associate was unloading sheet metal off of a pick-up truck with two other associates. Steel hit ground and cut left hand.
The associate was working on a haul truck in section 102 east of the mine when a section of the rib arch sloughed off striking the associate's right leg between the rib material and fender of the haul truck resulting in lower leg injury.
EE while guiding a loader in for cleanup, had his hand on the sump and the loader caught the disconnect stands and pushed it against the sump where his hand was, and his hand was pinched.