Signal Peak Silica of Oakwood — Accidents
Total: 15 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/28/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | A mine employee was ascending the line 100 Rotex stairs, when employee's right foot got caught between the steps which caused employee to fall and strike mouth against a step. Injury resulted in four... |
| 11/14/2024 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Dry Plant employee was conducting a walkaround when sand coming from the 3886 BC got into EE's right eye. The eye was flushed with water and saline, but the employee continued to feel irritation and r... |
| 09/14/2024 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE cutting off Wire tie from Extension cord. Using incorrect tool (Pocket knife) slipped and cut left Pinky finger |
| 07/19/2023 | OTHER | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 53d lost, 123d restricted | Injured employee bent/knelt down to insert a bolt into a Rotex beam when they felt pain in thier left knee. Initial diagnosis was/is a sprained left knee, the employee was placed under work restrictio... |
| 12/28/2022 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 47d restricted | The injured employee was using a Compact Utility Loader to clean up under a feed hopper conveyor belt when EE caught left index finger between the controls handle of the loader and belt structure caus... |
| 12/15/2022 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The injured employee was standing in the maintenance shop when a grain of sand blew into left eye around employee's safety glasses. The employee flushed the eye several times. On December 17th the eye... |
| 04/13/2021 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | An employee was injured while descending the stairs from the rotex deck at the Dry Plant. EE was maintaining three points of contact but lost EE's balance towards the bottom of the steps causing EE to... |
| 01/07/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 28d restricted | On 01/07/20 while descending the steps from the primary screener, the employee slipped and fell, striking lower back. Employee did not seek medical attention at the time. On 2/3 the employee sought m... |
| 05/18/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was closing a gate valve, at the head box of primary screen. While closing the valve, EE struck left elbow on the flange of the top rail of the head box, causing a laceration that required t... |
| 04/06/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Muck build up from waste belt under tail pulley. EE was hosing out from under the belt, foot became stuck in the muck, when ee pulled on leg to get out of the muck, and knee popped causing pain. EE wa... |
| 11/12/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 36d lost | Employee was walking, slipped on snow/icy steps of office. |
| 10/11/2018 | MACHINERY | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 10d lost, 26d restricted | An employee was working with a Southwire M6K Maxis to pull wire. The individual got the left little finger caught in the rope; the employee couldn't get finger out or shut the tool off in time, amput... |
| 09/08/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 166d lost, 3d restricted | Miner was cleaning/shoveling excess feed from the around the mobile rinser, loader operator placed material into hopper when a compacted segment slid from grizzly grid striking miner. Miner lost EE's... |
| 07/17/2018 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was aligning two pipe flanges using a Spud wrench. After spiking the bolt hole of one the flanges attempted to align the two flanges by pulling on the spud wrench. The spud wrench came out of... |
| 06/28/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 38d lost | Crane mechanic was working on the Link Belt Crane pulling the air cleaner. EE stepped back thinking EE was stepping onto the main deck from the catwalk. EE miss-stepped, missing the main deck and fe... |