Sparta, WI Plant — Accidents

Total: 19 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/20/2025 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None While operating the Volvo 550 excavator a hydraulic leak started during operation that led to a fire in the engine compartment. The operator observed the fire and safely exited the equipment.
02/08/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While staging material for a maintenance task, the employee tripped over a chain hoist and landed awkwardly on a guard the employee had just removed. The resulting injury was a fracture to the fingert...
08/08/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee climbed down from haul truck, jumped off bottom step, landed on uneven ground with right foot and rolled ankle. Employee was put on crutches/restrictions on 08/21/18.
06/26/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employees were removing a hopper with a chainfall attached. With the hopper secured, last bolt was removed, the employees did not realize hopper was top-heavy, hopper flipped back and crushed employe...
05/04/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 83d restricted Employee was driving an end loader feeding material. Employee backed up loader while grasping the steering wheel with left hand and looking over right shoulder, the loader made contact with a hole in...
03/13/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted As ee was removing teeter water piping in the Hydrosizer using a pipe wrench the end of the pipe came out and fell pinching ee thumb between the pipe wrench and the shell of the Hydrosizer steel plate...
01/31/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted On 01/31/18, EE reported that while working in the rail yard ee slipped on ice & twisted left ankle. EE was not wearing ice cleats at time of the event. EE was offered & refused medical treatment. O...
12/31/2017 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None At 9:02 am an employee noticed flames coming from the rental heater. Three employees tried to use fire extinguishers on the flames but it wouldn't extinguish. They called 911 and the fire dept. came...
06/14/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While doing a screen change on a Rotex Mineral Separator, an operator was tightening a bolt with a wrench. The wrench slipped and the operator's hand contacted an edge on the equipment. The operator...
02/03/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At night, a Maintenance Tech slipped on a sanded patch of ice and fell to the ground - hitting face. The upper rim of safety glasses cut forehead / brow directly above left eyebrow. EE was taken to th...
08/13/2016 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Abandoned farmhouse at entrance to mine property was set on fire / arson. Fire was not the cause of mining operations. No miners were at risk as plant was shut down for weekend - no shift at work....
03/31/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Operator was tightening a bolt on a pipe flange with a wrench when the wrench slipped off the bolt, pinching his finger between the wrench and a beam. Operator was wearing gloves at the time.
07/08/2014 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 102d restricted Squatting down to move into work position and felt knee pop. Treated using first aid until 9-26-14 when it became reportable due to medical treatment.
05/13/2014 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None A Service Worker suffered a fatal heart attack at a residential property owned by the company and adjacent to the active mine site. The Service Worker was removing an inactive LP gas tank when he fell...
11/27/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee was using a hand bender to straighten out a ground rod. His right, ring finger became stuck in the frame work of the bender. As he put pressure on the board, the momentum of his body caused t...
10/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost EE was working on a scaffold approx. 5 feet high, cutting a lentle over the door to the Dryer MCC bldg. the saw hit a piece of rebar causing it to bind and kick back. This action caused the scaffold t...
10/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted The employee was working with a co-worker to set up a light plant, fading light conditions, poor communication with co-worker, and improper body positioning all contributed to the injury.
09/20/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee was pulling cable off of a large spool of wire. While he was pulling, he felt a sharp pain in his groin/abdomen. He continued his work shift. Over the weekend the pain and a present bulge did...
06/14/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was handling rebar and dropped one end and the other end came up and hit him in the neck area causing a laceration and chipped tooth.