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Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, LLC operator

Controlled by S C R-Sibelco Nv
MSHA operator ID: L15157

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
75
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2000–2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
572
citations
136
significant & substantial
$209,987
proposed penalties
$174,929
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2020
1
2019
1
2018
2
2017
1
2014
3
2013
6
2012
5
2011
10
2010
11
2009
9
2008
5
2007
1
2005
2
2002
3
2001
6
2000
9 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
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