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Bear Creek Mica Plant Metal/Non-Metal

The Quartz Corp USA · Facility

Controlled by Imerys S A; Norsk Mineral AS

Bakersville, Mitchell County, NC · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3101928

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2000
Latest incident: Sep 2000

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$2,092

proposed penalties

$2,092

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
2008 Q3	0	0	0
2008 Q2	0	0	0
2008 Q1	573	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	1,407	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	1,827	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	1,979	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	13,135	5	0	380.7
2000 Q3	14,053	8	3	569.3

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

September 21, 2000 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Zemex Mica Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A STEEL DOCK BOARD. THE DOCK BOARD WAS WEDGED BETWEEN AN OLD MECHANICAL DOCK BOARD AND THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE WAREHOUSE.

September 1, 2000 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE

Zemex Mica Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAINTENANCE CREW WAS USING A HOISTING STRAP AND FORKLIFT TO RAISE THE STEEL TOP OFF OF A JET PULVERIZER MILL WHEN THE STRAP SLIPPED FROM THE FOR5KS. THE STEEL PLATE DROPPED APPROX. 1/2" ONTO T HE MAINTENANCE EE'S MIDDLE FINGER. THE BONE IN THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER WAS FRACTURED. HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE DOCTOR AND CLEARED TO RETURN TO WORK.