Mining Incidents

Hallman/Beam Mill: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Lithco · Facility
Controlled by FMC Corp
Gaston County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101121

MSHA record for Hallman/Beam Mill (mine ID 3101121). 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
1984–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Lithium Corp Of America 1950 to 1986
  2. Lithco 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hallman/Beam Mill sits in Gaston County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Gaston County, North Carolina · Population 231,485
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$65,472
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

1988 · 2 incidents

August 27, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lithco · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STEPED ONTO THE DISCA'RGE PIPE OF THE SUMP TO CAUGHT A S AMPLE WHEN HE STEPED BACK DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPED OFF THE PIPE AND FEL BACK STRIKING HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE FRAME OF THE SUMP AND F ALLING TO THE FLOR. THE HOSPITAL CLEANED AND DRESSED THE WOUND AND RTW. 2 DAYS LATER WE SENT HIM TO HAVE THE ELBOW CHECKED, DR STATED GHE ELBOW WAS SEVERLY INFECTIVE AND RECC. NO WORK FOR 5

August 12, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lithco · Struck by flying object

I.NAME MOVING CONCENTRATE CONVEYOR BELT MOUNTED ON WHEELS USING MANUAL CRANK ATTACHED TO CONVEYOR.HE HAD MADE 2 ROTATIONS W CRANK HANDLE WHEN HANDLE LOCKED DOWN DUE TO MATERIAL BUILD-UP ALONG RUNWAY OF WHEEL CONVEYOR.WHEN HE LET GO OF CRANK HANDLE TO FIND OUT WHY CONVEYOR STOPPED THE HANDLE KICKED BACK STRIKING HIM ON BACK OF RIGHT HAND CAUSING CONTUSION AND MINOR LACERATION.

1987 · 1 incident

June 23, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Lithco · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS CHANGING3THE BALL MILL USING THE BOBCAT LOADER. THE BOBCATS BUCKET WAS WEDGED BETWEEN A BOULDER & THE CORRUGATED TUNNEL ENTRANCE APPROX 2' OFF GROUND LEVEL. I.NAME DISMOUNTED THE BOBCA T IN A FORWARD 0ASHION.I.NAME STEPPED OFF THE B UCKET. HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL BACKWARDS STICKING HIS LEFT ARM AGAINST THE BOULDER CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO THE RADIUS OF T HE LEFT A

1984 · 1 incident

December 13, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Lithium Corp Of America · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS TAKING A SAMPLE AT THE SCAVANGER TAILS AREA STANDING ON A FIXED 5 LADDER WHEN HE CAME BACK DOWN THE LADDER HE STEPPED BACK ONTO A 2 WATER HOSE THAT WAS BEING USED TO CLEAN THE FLOOR AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE DR PLACED HIM ON LIGHT DUTY BUT THE FIRST NIGHT AFTER THE ACCIDENT THERE WERE NO LIGHT DUTY JOBS AUMLAGLE ATT HE TIME.