Mining Incidents

Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, LLCMining Incidents in 2012

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, LLC operations in 2012. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2012
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2012

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  3. 03POWERED HAULAGE1 incident

All incidents in 2012

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Associate was helping out at the washplant, raking fines at the dewatering screen when the rake got caught and yanked out of the associates hand.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Associate was walking to his car and slipped on some ice.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Associate was shoveling snow off of a catwalk when he slipped and landed on the left side of his body.

Struck against a moving object

Associate was operating a loader in the wet sand storage tunnels when he hit a bump in the road. He was jostled and felt a pain in his neck. Associate was sent to the hospital for an examination with sprained muscles in his back and neck. Associate returned to work the following day with restrictions. The cause of the accident was a malfunction in the 980K ride control.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Associate was cutting belt off fan with knife towards himself and knife slipped cutting hand. Associate was not wearing gloves at the time of the incident. First aid was administered on site and associate went to hospital receiving 6 stitches.

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.