Mining Incidents

Waverly Minerals Metal/Non-Metal

MFM Industries · Surface
Controlled by MFM Delaware
Meigs, Thomas County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900157

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
189
citations
50
significant & substantial
$46,479
proposed penalties
$42,425
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 17,519 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 25,174 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 22,525 14 2 621.5
2007 Q3 22,965 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 23,271 6 0 257.8
2007 Q1 27,705 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 32,279 11 1 340.8
2006 Q3 26,576 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2004 · 3 incidents

April 12, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TIGHTENING THE NUTS THAT HOLD THE OUTER DOOR ON MILL HOUSING, THE 18"CRESENT WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING THE WRENCH TO PINCH HIS FINGER AGAINST THE CONCRETE PILLAR.

February 17, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE SHIPPING DEPT THROUGH PALLETS THAT WERE PLACED NEAR THE DOOR, THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT GOT CAUGHT UNDER A PALLET CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO TRIP. THE RIGH T FOOT NEVER MOVED DURING THE FALL.

January 7, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING DOWN LADDER KNEE GAVE WAY AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE.

2003 · 7 incidents

November 20, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE GETTING READY TO FIRE UP KILN #1 ON OIL. CHANGING KILN #1 FROM GAS TO OIL, SMOKE FROM THE OIL GOT IN KILN #1. WHEN IT LIT IT BLEW BACK ON THE EE'S LEFT HAND.

November 7, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CUTTING PIPE FOR DISCHARGE WATER LINE ON #2 SCRUBBER, WHEN GETTING PIPE IN PLACE THE PIPE SLIPPED PINNING FINGER BETWEEN CONCRETE PILLOW & PIPE.

September 16, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A 3-15/16" BEARING HOUSING UP TO THE TOP OF C-1 WITH A 1/4" ROPE BY HAND. THE ROPE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. REGRABBING THE ROPE CAUSED TENSION TO THE BACK MUSCLES.

July 16, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE WAS ABOUT TO ADJUST CONTROLS ON MOBILE GENERATOR WHEN A WASP NESTLING 1FT FROM CONTROL PANEL. SPRAY WAS APPLIED WAS BEGAN TO FLY EE RAN SAND SLIPPED IN THE MUD LANDING ON FACE & RIGHT SHOULDER

April 25, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CARRYING HYDROLIC JACK TO KILN #2 STEPPED OUT OF THE SCOPPLES DOOR WHILE IT WAS RAINING FEEL SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER THE EE LOST BALANCE HYDRALIC JACK FELL ON LEFT KNEE.

February 14, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · No Value Found

While returning from the shipping office back to the main office. ee while coming down a set of strairs got her heel on ther top step causing her to loose balance and fall. fractured left wais t

February 4, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE SPRAYING SLIDE RODS THE PRIMARY PUSHER STARTED ITS CYCLE, REMOVED HAND HITTING ARM ABOVE THE ELBOW CAUSING A PUNCTURE.

2002 · 1 incident

January 24, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Fall from piled material

EE NEEDED TO REFMOVE 20 SLIP COVER FROM PALLET THAT WAS BEHIND ANOTHER PALLET, INSTEAD RMOVING THE PALLET IN FRONT HE HE DECIDED TO CRAWL OVER THE PALLET TO GET SLIP COVERS. ONCE HE GOT THE SL IPP COVERA AND STABLED CLIMB BACK OVER THE FRONTPALLET HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO FLOOR.

2001 · 2 incidents

November 7, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE REPLACING A BROKEN BAG FROM A PALLET BEING LOADED ON A TRUCK, EE REPORTED A SHARP PAIN GOING THROUGH HIS SHOULDER WHICH HAD BEEN INJURED ON THE JOB IN 1985. SURGERY ON 1/7/02.

July 27, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WALKING TO A WORK STATION THE EE STAPPEN ON UNEVEN GROUND AND TUNNEL HIS LEFT ANKLE. THIS WAS RECOCURRENACE OF AHN NEUTRAL FROM 1999.

2000 · 1 incident

October 14, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sud-Chemie Adsorbents Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AT AROUND 9:00PM ON 10/13/00 ONE SECTION OF A UHMW LINER CAME OUT OF HP3 (CLAY HOPPER). THIS PLASTIC SHEET WAS PLACED ON THE FLOOR TO THE EAST OF THE CONTROL ROOM. AFTER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FULLER DRYER ALL NIGHT THE OPERATOR WENT OUTTO FIRE THE DRYER AT 5:30AM. WHILE ROUNDING THE CORNER OF THE CONTROL ROOM, HE TRIPPED ON THE PLASTIC & FELL LANDING FACE FIRST ON THE CONCRETE.