Mining Incidents

Superior Silica Sands Church Road Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Clayton, Barron County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703662

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
43
citations
14
significant & substantial
$6,024
proposed penalties
$6,024
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
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 228 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 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

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

February 5, 2019 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Silica Sands · Struck by falling object

The injured as removing a counter weight from a excavator after it was on the ground it appears the ground gave way because of ice and there was slack in the chains, as the weight tipped and chains tightened it broke a couple bolts and cylinder bracket and fell to ground