Mining Incidents

LUDLOW MILL: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

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

MSHA record for LUDLOW MILL (mine ID 4300276). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1985–1997
Latest incident
Dec 1997
Ownership history
  1. Windsor Minerals Inc 1950 to 1989
  2. Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp 1989 to 1992
  3. Luzenac America, Inc. 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

LUDLOW MILL sits in Windsor County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Windsor County, Vermont · Population 57,968
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$75,247
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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