Mining Incidents

PLANT NO.2 Metal/Non-Metal

Feldspar Corp · Facility
Mitchell County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3100793

MSHA record for PLANT NO.2 (mine ID 3100793). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1985–1997
Latest incident
Oct 1997
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

1997 · 1 incident

October 21, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Feldspar Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON STEPS BREAKING HIS ANKLE.

1994 · 2 incidents

November 14, 1994 NC · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Feldspar Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PLACING A GLASS VIAL IN A TEST INSTRUMENT AND THE VIAL BROKE, CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. (THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES)

February 27, 1994 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Feldspar Corp · Fall down stairs

EE SLIPPED ON STEPS. AND FELL HE FELT PAIN HIS HIP BACK AND NECK. EE WENT TO DR ON 4-20-94 AND WAS TOLD TO STAY POT OF WORK 1 WEEK. THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL 4-20-94.

1993 · 1 incident

June 7, 1993 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Feldspar Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMANTLING A PUMP AND A WRENCH SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS HAND AGAINST THE PUMP BODY, BREAKING HIS FINGER.

1992 · 2 incidents

January 15, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Feldspar Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS SHOVELING AND HAD PAIN IN BACK.

January 6, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Feldspar Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TWISTED ANKLE AND KNEE WHILE CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS.

1991 · 1 incident

December 18, 1991 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Feldspar Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PICKED UP A HEAVY ROD WHICH STARTED HURTING IN HIS BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

October 8, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Feldspar Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A HEAD PULLEY.

1989 · 2 incidents

October 2, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Feldspar Corp · Struck by falling object

MAKING REP. IN PLANT EMP REC BLOW TO R FT FORM ANGLE IRON WHEN BOLT FELL OUT. SM TOE R FT BRUISED AND FRACT. NO DISPL

February 25, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Feldspar Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A PIPE AND FOOT VALVE INTO WATERHOLE WHICH SUPPLIES PALNT WITH WATER. HE WAS STANDING ON A STEEP INCLINE, EMBANKMENT GAVE WAY CAYUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL AND STRICKING HIS BACK ON A PIPE.

1988 · 2 incidents

July 26, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Feldspar Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP WA> IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH WATER PROCESSED IN F ILTER PLANT AND WA> UNAWARE OF ALLERGY TO SOME UNKNOWN CHEMICLA ELEMENT IN T HE WATER UNTIL A RASH DEVEOPED COVERING EXTENSIVE AREAS OF BOTH HADS FOREARMS AND ABOVE ELBOW AREAS THAT WA> ITCHY AND RED

February 15, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Feldspar Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FOUR EMPLOYEE S WERE LIFTING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR DXX FROM A DUST COLLECTOR WITH A ROPE ONE EMPLOYEE LIFTED MORE QUICKLY THAT THE OTHERS AND CAUSED MOTOR TO SWING TOWARD SIDE WHERE EMPLOYEE WHO W AS INJURED WAS LIFTING CAUSING HIM TO CATCH HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND THE FRAME.

1987 · 3 incidents

October 15, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Feldspar Corp · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WENT UP STEEP SPIRAL STEPS TO CHECK ON CYCLONES HIS FOOT MISSED A STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON THE STIAR WAY HE LANDED WITH HIS LEG AND ANKLE IN A TWISTED POSITION AT WHICH TIME HE HE HEARD HIS K NEE POP ON 12 24 88 ABOUT 1 AM WHILE DOING THE SAME JOB HIS KNEE LOCKED FOR A SHORT TIME LATER STRAIGHTENING OUT EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS AS AN ACCIDENT AT THE TIME DID NOT

July 2, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Feldspar Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SA4ING BOLT INTO TWO PARTS THE SAW SLIPPED EMPLOYEE CUT HIS FINGER ON THE BOLT REQUIRING SUTURES

June 29, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Feldspar Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING THRU THE PLANT WHEN SOMETHING BLEW OR FELL IN EYE

1985 · 1 incident

May 6, 1985 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Feldspar Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TRACTION WHEEL ON TOP OF ELEVATOR AND HAD PUT BAR THROUGH ELEVATOR CHAIN AND HITCHED IT TO A COMEALONG TO HOLD THE CHAIN IN POSITION. THE BAR SLIPPED OUT LETTING THE CHAIN FALL CATCHING EMPLOYEE\S LEFT HAND, HURTING HAND, REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

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