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BILTMORE PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Asheville Mica Company · Facility

Ashville, NC, Buncombe County, NC · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3101080

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2001
Latest incident: May 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$3,832

proposed penalties

$3,832

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
2006 Q2	1,866	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	4,122	4	3	970.4
2005 Q4	4,885	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	5,729	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	5,645	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	5,602	2	0	357.0
2004 Q4	4,961	5	3	1007.9
2004 Q3	4,227	0	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

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

May 1, 2001 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Asheville Mica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATES THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING A 50 LB BAG OF MICA FROM THE SEALES TO A PALLET WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE HAS HIS LEFT SHOULDER IN A SLING FOR HOWEVER IT TAK ES FOR THE HEALING PROCESS. EE SAID NOTHING TO HIS SUPERVISOR OR TO ME UNTIL THE 14TH OF MAY, 2001. HE WORKED THE TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS INCIDENT.