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Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC operator

Controlled by Sherwin Alumina LLC
MSHA operator ID: L18185

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Fatalities
3
Total incidents
743
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2001–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
2,139
citations
432
significant & substantial
$3,187,532
proposed penalties
$1,935,005
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2016
8
2015
36
2014
78
2013
51
2012
83
2011
43
2010
37
2009
42 (1f)
2008
59
2007
44
2006
45
2005
63
2004
39 (1f)
2003
28
2002
35 (1f)
2001
52

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded
January 31, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hydroblasing nozzle exited pipe striking employee.

December 9, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

CO. MIS-JUDGED AMOUNT OF MILKY LIME IN TANK. 12/8 THEY REMOVED TANK DOOR & HARD SCALE FORMED OVER DOOR. CO. CONTACTED ONYX TO CUT SCALE AT BASE TO REMOVE WHAT CO. SAID WAS 2-3 FT OF LIQUID. ONYX USED HIGH PRESSURE WATER TO CUT INTO SCALE. ONCE TECH STARTED, SCALE GAVE WAY & TECH WAS TRAPPED UNDER LIQUIDE THAT CAME OUT. MORE LIQUID WAS IN TANK THAN THOUGHT. CO DID NOT SOUND TANK.

June 11, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC · Struck by falling object

AT 12 O'CLOCK MIDNIGHT AN EQUIPMENT CLEANER HELPER WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS BY A CO-WORKER. THE ECH WAS GIVEN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCE DEAD ON ARRIVAL. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DETERMINED TO BE A FRACTURED NECK. INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING.