Downtown Clay Operation Metal/Non-Metal

Unimin Corp · Facility

Controlled by Covia Holdings LLC

Mitchell County, NC · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3101077

MSHA record for Downtown Clay Operation (mine ID 3101077). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 1988–1989
Latest incident: Dec 1989

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1989 · 1 incident

December 13, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Unimin Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE AND CO-WORKERS WERE INSTALLING SCREW CONVEYORS WHEN EMPLOYEE FEELS THAT HE GOT DUST OR RUST METAL INTO HIS EYE.EMPLOYEE SAID HE WASHED HIS EYE OUT WITH ISOTONE BUT IT C ONTINUED TO BOTH HIM.HE WENT TO THE ER WHERE HIS EYE WAS CLEANED OUT.FOREIGN MATERIAL IN LEFT EYE.CONVEYORS WERE BEING INSTALLED UNDER DUST COLLECTOR.

1988 · 3 incidents

June 16, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Unimin Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING THE MAINTENANCE CREW IN INSTALLING A NEW CONVEYOR TROUGH BY RAISING AND LOWERING A CHAIN FALL COME-A-LONG. HE PUSHED THE HANDLE OF THE COME-A-LONG TO ONE SIDE TO OBSERV E THE WORK AND APPARENTLY ON OF THE MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES MOVED THE TROUGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE HANDLE TO COME AROUND AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH.

June 7, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Unimin Corp · Flash burns (welding)

I.NAME & I.NAME HAD BEEN WORKING DOWN IN BETWEEN TWO LARGE WOODEN CLAY STORAGE T ANKS INSTALLING HANDRAILS & CATWALKS SINCE START OF THEIR SHIFT AT 700AM AREA IS SOMEWHAT CONFINED & I.NAME DID NOT REALIZE THAT ARC FROM WELDER WAS REFLECTINGOFF OF SURROUNDING STRUCTURES ENOUGH TO BOTHER HIS EYES

January 15, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Unimin Corp · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING OFF A PLATFORM 2 X 6 X 8 WOODEN PLANK. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO POKE PARTICIALLY FROZEN MICA FROM FEED BIN TO FEED SCREW. EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. 42 INCH TO A C ONCRETE FLOOR. 3

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