Mining Incidents

Bridgman Plant & Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Technisand Inc · Surface
Controlled by Fairmount Santrol
Bridgman, Berrien County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2000668

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2011
Latest incident
Oct 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
65
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,585
proposed penalties
$6,585
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 2,536 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,715 2 0 538.4
2012 Q2 5,101 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,862 2 0 411.4
2011 Q3 4,896 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,587 2 0 436.0
2010 Q4 5,268 4 0 759.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

October 14, 2011 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Technisand Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Associate was stepping off manlift and twisted his knee.

August 31, 2011 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Technisand Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Associate was walking up stairway and the top stair tread gave way causing him to jar his left leg and land on his buttocks on the landing. On September 6th, he went to All Cities Medicines and was diagnosed with a sprain achilles tendon and given restricted duty. Associate had the same achilles injured on 08/30/2010 and was a LTA with surgery.

2010 · 1 incident

August 30, 2010 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Technisand Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Associate was helping maintenance install a guard in an elevated area. While standing with his foot on a step he let his heel get lower than his toes and felt a sharp pain in his leg.

2009 · 1 incident

February 27, 2009 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Technisand Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was looking at object in screen waste containment area. He bent down to look at object when wind blew foreign object from containment into left eye.

2008 · 1 incident

February 26, 2008 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Technisand Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was exiting the cab of Caterpillar 980H loader slipped and twisted Back.

2007 · 1 incident

May 2, 2007 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Technisand Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was performing repairs to plant feed hopper (#HO-06) walls. While patching wall employee stated the wind blew sand or rust around his safety glass's into his left eye. This feed hopper is located in the stockpile area, outside in the weather.

2005 · 1 incident

December 29, 2005 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Technisand Inc · Struck by falling object

While cleaning under a hopper, small amounts of rust from a pipe fell into the face of the employee.

2003 · 2 incidents

August 13, 2003 MI · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Technisand Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON BUCKET WEIGHING APPROX 15 LBS AND WHEN EMPLOYEE LIFTED PAIL FELT PAIN IN HER RIGHT SHOULDER AND ARM.

January 15, 2003 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Technisand Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS ENTERING BOBCAT SKIDLOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE BUCKET.

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 2 incidents

September 20, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Technisand Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRYING A BEAKER WHEN THE BEAKER BROKE CUTTING HER RIGHT RING FINGER.

January 3, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Technisand Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS USING A GAS TORCH TO CUT BOLTS OFF REMAINING FASTENERS TO REMOVE LOOSE CUTTING EDGE FROM BUCKET OF PAYLOADER. BUCKET WAS APPROX. 1-2" GROUND AND EE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF IT. BUCKET F ELL STRIKING RIGHT FOOT (BIG TOE AND 2 SMALL TOES).

2000 · 1 incident

April 19, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Technisand Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE BOBCAT WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE PLATE OF THE BOBCAT. HE HAD A PAIN IN HIS CALF.