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Fairmount Santrol controller

MSHA controller ID: M05855

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
243
Mines on record
17
Years on record
2000–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,746
citations
362
significant & substantial
$660,706
proposed penalties
$569,020
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2018
7
2017
17
2016
11
2015
13
2014
12
2013
11
2012
9
2011
18
2010
17
2009
16
2008
15
2007
8
2006
6
2005
11 (1f)
2004
9
2003
13
2002
11
2001
20
2000
19 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
October 12, 2005 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Best Sand Corporation · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The worker fell from the bag plant roof where he had been cleaning to the truck dock approximately 17 feet below. The specific explanations for being near the edge or for falling are unknown. Weather conditions and working surface believed to be non-contributory. There were no direct eyewitnesses to the fall. The fall resulted in the death of the worker. Investigation ongoing.

August 30, 2000 WI · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS DRILLING BLASTHOLES. HE TIED DOWN THE HYDRAULIC LEVER SO IT CONTINUED TO OPRATE (ROTATE) BY-BY PASSING A SAFETY DEVICE. HE THEN WENT IN FRONT OF THE DRILL AND STEPPED OVER THE DRILL AUGER. HE BACAME ENTANGLED WITH SOME PART OF HIS CLOTHING HE GOT PULLED INTO THE DRILL AND BECAME SO ENTANGLED THAT HE COULD NOT BREATH. THIS ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION