Mining Incidents

LUDLOW MILL Metal/Non-Metal

Luzenac America, Inc. · Facility
Controlled by Imerys S A
Windsor County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300276

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1985–1997
Latest incident
Dec 1997
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1997 · 1 incident

December 2, 1997 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Luzenac America, Inc. · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS CUTTING STEEL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO TWO OTHER EE'S WHO WERE WELDING AND RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.

1996 · 1 incident

December 18, 1996 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Luzenac America, Inc. · Struck by flying object

EE STATES HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING RUST FROM A VALVE WITH A U" WIRE WHEEL GRINDER, WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF WIRE BROKE OFF THE WHEEL AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS RT LEG.

1994 · 1 incident

May 18, 1994 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Luzenac America, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELED TALC FROM UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT AND COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK DISCOMFORT AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS OF SHOVELING.

1993 · 2 incidents

September 17, 1993 VT · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Luzenac America, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARYING A PAIL OF TALC SAMPLES UP THE STAIRS TO THE LABORATORY, STATES HE FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS BACK FOLLOWING THIS TASK. THE EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TAKEN THE SAMPLE PAIL F ROM THE BACK OF THE PICK-UP, AND THEN PROCEEDED UP THE STAIRS. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED 9-17-93, BUT DIDN'T GO TO PHYSCIAN UNTIL OCT 1, 1993.

January 13, 1993 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Luzenac America, Inc. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

STEPPING DOWN FROM MILL WINDBOX WITH A GALLON OF OIL IN HANDS SLIPPED APPROX 24IN ONTO WORK PLATFORM COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK FOLLOWING INCIDENT

1992 · 1 incident

August 12, 1992 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Luzenac America, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

54736YEE WAS WELDING,LIFTED HIS FACE SHIELD AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.

1986 · 2 incidents

September 25, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING CRUSHE9 HAMMER OF APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 90 POUNDS THEN COMPLAINED OF PAIN OF R ELBOW

August 27, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WITH ASSISTA3CE WAS CARRYING A SHAFT TO A FULLER KENYON PUMP HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS & SHOULDER & BACK STARTED TO HURT.

1985 · 1 incident

July 19, 1985 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Windsor Minerals Inc · Struck by flying object

INDIVIDUAL WAS GRINDING METAL, WHEN PIECE STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE