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Dry Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Superior Silica Sands LLC · Facility

Controlled by Iron Oak Energy Solutions LLC

New Auburn, Barron County, WI · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4703620

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2017–2019
Latest incident: Aug 2019

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2012

citations

significant & substantial

$5,959

proposed penalties

$5,830

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4	0
2021 Q3	0
2021 Q2	0
2021 Q1	0
2020 Q4	0
2020 Q3	160	0.0
2020 Q2	3,796	0.0
2020 Q1	1,057	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2019 · 1 incident

August 23, 2019 WI · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Superior Silica Sands LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was repairing a loadout spout. While moving the spout the employee's finger got pinched between work platform and the bottom of the spout causing a cut on left hand ring finger that required 3 stitches.

2018 · 1 incident

October 12, 2018 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Superior Silica Sands LLC · Struck by falling object

While doing maintenance on the dryer a chain fall broke loose and struck a worker in the safety glasses. The impact caused safety glasses to cut cheek and nose requiring stitches

2017 · 1 incident

March 13, 2017 WI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Superior Silica Sands LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While diver was outside the truck cleaning the mud flaps, EE noticed a turnbuckle stuck in the tail gate. EE tried to free the turnbuckle by lifting the tail gate with left hand. When the turnbuckle came free the gate shut smashing 4 fingers on the left hand.