Mining Incidents

Glendon Plant: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James J Hume Jr
Moore County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3100227

MSHA record for Glendon Plant (mine ID 3100227). 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
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Glendon Pyrophyllite Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Glendon Plant sits in Moore County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Moore County, North Carolina · Population 102,840
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$82,837
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

June 15, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Glendon Pyrophyllite Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

COMMISSION REQUESTED EXAMINATION AT HUNTERSVILLE HOSPITAL DIAGNOSIS SILICOSIS GRADE I. EMPLOYMENT TERMINATED BY INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.

January 12, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Glendon Pyrophyllite Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS COLD MORNING WAS PREPARING TO UNCLOG FEEDER AT THE CRUSHER TOSSED SLEDGE HAMMER INTO FEEDER PIECE OF ROCK OR ICE FLEW INTO EYE OBJECT NOT FOUND IN EYE. EMPLOYEE SAW THE DR.

1983 · 2 incidents

May 26, 1983 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glendon Pyrophyllite Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE TOOK UPON HIMSELF TO PUT PEPPER IN RADIATOR OF A TRUCK. STANDING ON BUMPER SLIPPED STRUCK RIGHT KNEE ON BUMPER. SPRAINED MEDIAR COLATERDE LEGIMENT WITH POSSIBLE REARRAMGMENT OF KNEE T HIS SEEM TO HAVE AGGEREATED AN OLD ARMS INJURY THIS MAN WAS NOT INSTRUCTED TO PUT ANYTHING IN TRUCK RADIATOR.

March 18, 1983 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glendon Pyrophyllite Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

LOADING HOPPER CAR WAS MOVING SCREW CONVEYOR FROM ONE HOLE TO MEXT SLIPPED AND LOST BALANCE FELL TO THE GROUND LOST BALANCE CAUSED BY JERKING HANDLE OF COVER BOARD