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Hamm Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Imerys S A
Windham County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300365

MSHA record for Hamm Mine (mine ID 4300365). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
May 1987
Ownership history
  1. Vermont Talc Inc 1983 to 1988
  2. Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp 1988 to 1992
  3. Luzenac America, Inc. 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hamm Mine sits in Windham County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Windham County, Vermont · Population 45,913
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$68,021
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

May 19, 1987 VT · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vermont Talc Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS WATC2ING ANOTHER EMP REPLACE A TRACK ON A TRACK DRILL. AS HE WAS WALKNG AROUND THE DRILL TO CHECK THE PROGRES HE HAPPENED TO STEP WTRONG WHICH CAUSED HIM TO PULL JHIS KNEE