Mining Incidents

Mill Spring Quarry & Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Franklin A Thompson
Mill Spring, Polk County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3100082

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2006–2016
Latest incident
Jan 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,265
proposed penalties
$1,265
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
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 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

5 on file

2016 · 1 incident

January 4, 2016 NC · Metal/Non-Metal hammer mill operator, breaker mill operator, jaw mill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompson Contractors Inc · Fall from ladders

Employee stated EE was coming down the ladder from the Jaw Platform and EE's feet slipped on the ladder rung, and EE fell to the ground.

2009 · 1 incident

September 1, 2009 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Thompson Contractors Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee complained of chest pains and other pains. He was taken to local hospital to be checked out. (St Lukes - Tryon, NC) From there sent to Spartanburg, SC.

2008 · 1 incident

July 28, 2008 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Thompson Contractors Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee called me on July 31, 2008 and stated that on July 28, 2008 he was using the Port-a-John at our Mill Spring Quarry and noticed spiders in the facility. He said he killed them, then by Tuesday evening noticed some swelling on his left side of the trunk. This swelling had gotten worse by Wednesday evening. He said he thought he had been bitten by a spider.

2007 · 1 incident

December 18, 2007 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompson Contractors Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was dismounting Cat D6 dozer and stepped onto blade. He then jumped off the blade to the ground and sprained his left foot.

2006 · 1 incident

April 27, 2006 NC · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person OTHER
Thompson Contractors Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was found slumped over in scale house by two customer truck drivers. He had been seen approximately 5 minutes before. 911 was called and Polk County NC EMS arrived by 9:00am. They treated the employee for approximately 20 minutes however he could not be revived.