Sylvania Minerals — Accidents

Total: 25 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/08/2026 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing material build up off of equipment. As they were chiseling the material, they felt a pop in their back.
02/12/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Lifting steel plates in to chutes for welding repair.
10/29/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting screen bearing; the bearing slipped and caught EE's hand between the bearing and the guard. The guard caused a cut on the palm of EE's hand requiring 5 stitches.
05/14/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 112d lost Employee was lifting a steel plate into place for welding. EE strained EE's Left Shoulder.
04/24/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Working on a ladder approximately 8 feet high. Attempting to loosen gyratory super nuts to disassemble unit when the socket broke off causing EE to lose balance and fall to the ground.
04/19/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding metal with a 4.5"" angle grinder. A small fragment landed on EE's right eye.
02/24/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee caught their foot of the grating while ascending the stairs of the scale house. They fell forward striking the grating with their left knee, right and left hands and chin. They were carry...
10/12/2022 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 132d lost, 54d restricted Employee went to EE's personal doctor and was diagnosed with Left Shoulder Osteoarthritis on 10/12/2022. EE stated that EE believes the injury stems from an incident on 3/7/2022 where EE slipped on m...
08/17/2019 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None While using a handheld grinder on the pulley shaft of BC-9, a piece of debris from the grinding operation entered the left eye of the employee. EE was grinding overhead and was wearing safety glasses...
04/16/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Working in manlift and fell out of open door on manlift about 5' off the ground. Fell on a spool of wire. Broke pelvis and cut ear.
09/07/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Inlet pipe to slurry pump slid while miner moving 4foot section of 12"" polyethylene pipe, pipe pinched his hand between an electric motor and the pipe.
07/24/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reaming out 1"" holes with a die grinder to 1 1/16"". Metal face shield rim collected burrs and spilled out when lifted. Foreign object in left eye.
06/11/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cleaning the magnet off, of shot wire & metal objects sticking to it. The magnet support structure is made of square tubing, bees were inside it. While spraying for the bees one stung.
09/18/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Loading scrap iron in container, two pieces struck together and a small chip of iron hit his chin.
07/08/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Walking on catwalk to do repair work, greasing, on #1 conveyor line, employee tripped on debris and fell on left knee resulting in minor contusion of knee.
05/31/2007 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 6d restricted Walking across the shop to get into haul truck felt pain in lower back. He has degenerative disc in lower back this reaggervated an old injury.
05/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Doing maintenance in chute on the bypass gate, weld broke struck right eye lid and cut it.
01/16/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Unloading new trough rollers from the manlift basket, right thumb got caught between handrail & trough roller.
04/18/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Holding steel parts for welder.
03/03/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Bending over welding.
12/08/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Walking on cat walk and slipped on ice.
02/04/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Helping welder, flash burn to eyes.
10/17/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Hitting a return roller, metal or dust flew in right eye.
08/16/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Climbing into rock truck, slipped, landed on left foot.
06/09/2004 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted steel welding plate slipped and hit foot