Mining Incidents

Dalton MillMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Lhoist Group
Dalton, Whitfield County, GA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900810
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2000–2011
Latest incident
Feb 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2011 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was backing up on hyster. He had his foot on the step of the hyster and caught his heel on a super sack twisting his heel and ankle resulting in strain/brusing to the ankle and foot.

2010 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Employee was dumping empty bags into an outside trash dumper when the wind blew some residue from the bags into his face. He got some material in his left eye. He flushed the eye and when he returned to work the next morning it was red and irritated. He was carried to a walk-in clinic where a doctor examined his eye.

2008 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating bobcat on unlevel ground which turned over on its side. The employee was wearing a seatbelt, but his elbow hit a piece of metal causing a cut. The employee was taken to a local walk-in clinic where he received stitches and medication. The doctor released the employee to return to work the same day for regular duty with no time off due to this injury.

2006 · 2 incidents

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was sitting in the breakroom and stood up. When he started walking he felt pain in the upper part of his right leg. As he walked the pain worsened. He was taken to the emergency room and diagnosed with a strain/sprain to the muscle in his leg.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was tightening a section of 3"" conduit and felt a ""pop"" in his left hand, followed by a burning sensation. When he awoke the next morning his hand was swollen. He then reported the incident and sought treatment at the local emergency room.

2005 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was tightening clamp on waterhose with a screwdriver. Screwdriver slipped jabbing into left hand palm.

Fall onto or against objects

DESCENDING STEPS IN AMICAL MILL ROOM, FOOT SLIPPED, TEAM MEMBER FELL AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND ON METAL ENCLOSURE, CUTTING GASH IN LEFT PALM.

2004 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Changing a blow line from 1 pipe to another. There was no air pressure on the line when the accident occurred. The line slipped off the pipe, whipped around and hit EE in the face. EE has a deviated septum; will have open nasal reduction surgery 08/10/04.

2001 · 1 incident

Fall from ladders

EE FELL OFF LADDER & CAME TO REST OVER DOOR OF BOTTOM DUMP RAIL CAR. EE WAS INSIDE CAR AT TIME OF INCIDENT, INSPECTING SAME. WHILE IN THIS POSITION, HIS FOOT WAS IN THE AREA OF THE DOOR, WHICH WAS CONCURRENTLY BEING CLOSED FROM OUTSIDE OF COMPARTMENT. UPON BEING ALERTED, OTHER EMPLOYEES OPENED DOOR & HE EXITED RAIL CAR.

2000 · 2 incidents

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE COLLAPSED WHILE STANDING IN THE MILL CONTROL ROOM AS HIS MORNING SHIFT WAS BEGINNING. HE WAS CONVERSING AND GAVE NO INDICATION OF DISTRESS WHEN HE COLLAPSED. ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE WERE UNSUCCE SSFUL AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HAMILTON COUNTY EMERGENCY ROOM. CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A BLOOD CLOT IN HIS LUNGS.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING A PNEUMATIC HAMMER ON CEMENT. FLYING DEBRIS WAS ABLE TO ENTER RT EYE DESPITE EE HAVING ON SAFETY GLASSES