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Blaney Plant: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Whibco Inc · Surface
Controlled by WHIBCO, Inc.
Kershaw County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800140

Blaney Plant has had no fatalities among 6 reportable incidents since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1985–1997
Latest incident
Jul 1997
Ownership history
  1. Whibco Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1997 17
1996 17
1995 17
1994 17
1993 17
1992 18
1991 19
1990 21
1989 21
1988 22
1987 22
1986 20
1985 21
1984 21
1983 22
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Blaney Plant sits in Kershaw County, South Carolina, where the Census mining category is 1.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Kershaw County, South Carolina · Population 66,924
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,343
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

July 9, 1997 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Whibco Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ROUTINE MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE X-RAY INDICATED A LUN PROFUSION OF 1/0 AS PER ILO CLASSIFICATION FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

April 4, 1997 SC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Whibco Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INTRA CEREBRAL HEMMORAGE.

Show 4 earlier incidents

1996 · 1 incident

September 11, 1996 SC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Whibco Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP WAS CHASING TRESPASSER. SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

August 16, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Whibco Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BURN A LARGE PILE OF PALLETS. EE WAS USING GASLINE TO HELP START FIRE WHEN EE ATTEMPTED TO START FIRE GASOLINE VAPORS EXPLODED CAUSING FIRST DEGREE BURNS ON HANDS AND FORE ARMS.

1986 · 1 incident

February 13, 1986 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Whibco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL GREASING I8LERS ON CONVEYOR BELT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN IDLER AND CONVEYOR BELT.

1985 · 1 incident

July 29, 1985 SC · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Whibco Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHILE CHIPPING SLAG FROM ROLLER PIECE GOT INTO LEFT EYE.