Mining Incidents

Ecca Calcium Products Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by English China Clays PLC
Bartow County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900224

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
27
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

27 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

March 17, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ecca Calcium Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PALLETIZER MIS-COUNTED BAGS CAUSING 5 BAGS TO BE LOADED O PALLET BY HAND. AS EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO MOVE BAG IN PLACE, A CATCH CAUGHT HIM IN THE BACK.

February 23, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ecca Calcium Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

AFTER CLOCKING IN AND LEAVING THE CLOCK ROOM HE FAINTED AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A DRAIN PIPE. HE HAS WHAT APPEARED TO BE MINOR BRUISES AND ABRASIONS TO LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AS A RESULT OF HIS FAL L. DOCTOR FOUND AT THIS TIME A HEART CONDITION THAT WAS CAUSING THE FAINTING SPELLS.

1988 · 8 incidents

November 2, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ecca Calcium Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING FILING CABINETS FROM ONE BUILDING TO ANOTHER HAND SLIPPED OFF CABINET WHEN MOVING INTO POSITION. CABINET SHIFTED HITTING LEFT SHIN.

October 6, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ecca Calcium Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING A WILFLEY PUMP FOR A NEW GASKET HE WAS CLEANING OLD CAULKING OFF THE FALLOW PLATE WITH A SCREW DRIVER WHICH SLIPPD HE HIT HIS THUMB ON THE PUMP RUNNER CUTTING THE TOP SI DE OF HIS THUMB.

August 29, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ecca Calcium Products Inc · Struck by falling object

WHEN REMOVING #2 MILL PINION SHAFT BEARING CAPS TO INSPECT & RE-GREASE EMPLOYEES STARTED REMOVING NORTH BEARING CAP BOLTS WERE REMOVED & EMPLOYEE HOOKED CHAIN FALL TO THE CAP & LIFTED IT UP OF F THE BEARING TO MOVE IT OVER FOR INSPECTION AT THIS POINT THE TROLLEY HOIST & CHAIN FALL CAME OFF THE END OF THE RAIL STRIKING EMPLOYEE

August 23, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ecca Calcium Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

ON 08/23/88 EMPLOYEE CLIMBED LADDER ON END OF BULK RAIL CAR.WHEN HE STEPPED OFF LADDER TO GET ON TOP OF RAIL CAR HIS RIGHT KNEE HIT ON END OF RAIL CAR.AT THIS TIME HE CONTINUED ON WITH HIS JOB .ON 09/01/88,HE REPORTED SWELLING ON HIS KNEE AND STATED IT HAPPENED FROM THIS INCIDENT.

July 16, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ecca Calcium Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE #25 PREMIER MILL AND WAS JOGGING THE AGITATOR TRYING TO UNPLUG THE DISCHARGE AFTER 5 TIMES THE INTAKE HOSE BLEW OFF UNDER PRESSURE HOT PRODUCT AND MEDIA HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE AND UPPE R BODY THIS RESULTED IN FIRST DEGREE BURNS FROM WAIST UP MOSTLY LEFT SIDE SCRATCHED LEFT EYE SKINNED ELBOWS AND KNEES

March 29, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A PIECE OF FLOOR GRATING FROM FLOOR LEVEL TO CATWALK I.NAME WAS ON UPPER LEVEL & STATED THAT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

February 25, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE AND OTHERS WERE CHANGING BARS ON CE DRYER DUST COLLECTOR.THE INJURED WAS INSTALLING BAGS WHERE WELDING WAS BEING DONE.HE WAS ALSO DOING SOME OF THE WELDING BUT WOULD REMOVE WELDING HO OD WHEN HE WAS NOT WELDING.WIND WAS BLOWING SO WIND COULD HAVE BURNED EYES INSTEAD OF WELDER.DOES NOT KNOW.

January 12, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PLACING B9LT SKIRT ON CONVEYOR BELT A SECOND MECHANIC DROPPED HIS END OF THE SKIRT FIRST ALLOWING IT TO BOUNCED AND PINCH I NAME RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN A CONVEYOR ROLLER AND THE SKIRT FRACTURE RESUL7ED TO HIS FINGER.

1987 · 3 incidents

October 27, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT AS HE WAS WALKING AT TOP FLOOR OF GRINDER CELLS AREA HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED FORWARD THERE WAS SOME PRODUCT ON FLOOR AT #26 BIRD FEED WEIR TWO WEIRS ARE IN THIS AREA & OCCAS IONALLY RUN OVE9 WITH FOAM

September 13, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EMPLOYEE HA8 HOT PRODUCT COME IN CONTACT WITH HIS HANDS WHEN HE WAS TAKING A SAMPLE.EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A PAIN RELIEF PRESCRIPTION FOR THIS INJURY.

May 6, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT THE CABLES TO THE FORD DUMP TRUCK CAME LOOSE WHILE HE WAS LOWERING THE HOOD AND STRUCK HIM IN THE SHOULDER WHILE HE WAS MOVING OUT OF THE HOOD'S WAY.

1986 · 2 incidents

August 23, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS INSTALLING THE DRIVE BELTS TO THE BIRD MILL WHEN THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT PINKY BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE BELT AND SHEAVE.

May 28, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP STATES HE S5IPPED ON SLICK SPOT ONFLOOR CAUSING LEFT LEG TO SLIP CASUING HIM TO F AL BACKWARDS ON HIS RT ANKLE WHICH TWISTED UNDER HIS WEIGHT

1985 · 2 incidents

March 27, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS MOVING RAILROAD CARS WITH SWITCHMASTER-BRAKES FAILED ON THE CARS CAUSING THE IMPACT CAUSING A CERVICAL SPINE STRAIN.

January 4, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATES HE SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE WORKING AND FELL INJURING HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND LEFT EAR.

1984 · 3 incidents

May 1, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE TURNED TO PLACE BAG ON PALLET-WHILE TURNED ANOTHER BAG HIT THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT KNEE-FELT SOMETHING POP IN KNEE.

February 15, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SITTING ON BELT. BELT STARTED, THROWING HIM OFF BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS HEAD ON ANOTHER EMPLOYEES FOOT.

January 26, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING UP ON PULL HANDLE TO TIGHTEN BOLT STRAINED BACK.

1983 · 7 incidents

April 14, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

CHANGING CLOTHES,REACHED UP TO GET PANTS OUT OF LOCKER,A HAMMER FELL OUT AN HIT TOE.

April 9, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WORKING IN A CROUCHED POSITION AND STEPPED INTO A 24IN I BEAM KNOCKING HIM BACKWARD INJURING NECK EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOSE TIME UNTIL 041483

March 30, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE WAS MOVING A PORTABLE MIX TANK THAT HAD A LIGHTNIN MIXER-THE MOUNTING BRACKET BROKE & STRUCK 2ND FINGER ON RT. HAND.

February 18, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FAROM THE TOP OF A ROCK CAR. WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO THE GROUND, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOST TIME UNTIL 2/28/83

February 13, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE STATES HE WAS OPENING VALVE ON DISCHARGE LINE OF SUMP PUMP, THE PIPE JUMPED & MASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST A SECTION OF CHANNEL IRON.

January 13, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS REMOVING #1 MONO STORAGE TANK FOR REPLACEMENT THE END OF THE PUMP TILTED CATCHING HIS RIGHT FINGERS BETWEEN THE HOUSING AND THE SIDE OF THE TANK MASHING HIS RIGHT RING FINGER