Mining Incidents

Microminerals Plant: 12 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Microminerals Inc · Facility
Controlled by Ebnother Group
Cobb County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900995

MSHA record for Microminerals Plant (mine ID 0900995). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Oct 1990
Ownership history
  1. Microminerals Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Microminerals Plant sits in Cobb County, Georgia, 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.
Cobb County, Georgia · Population 769,152
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$98,712
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

October 30, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Microminerals Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS BAGGING MATERIAL ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE INTO 50 LBS EXCESS DUST GOT IN EE S LEFT EYE WAS WASHED OUT WITH WATER WHICH IS STANDARD PROCEDURE AFTER EE WENT HOME HIS EYE BECAME MORE IRRITATED W AS SENT TO DR NEXT MORNING.

March 1, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Microminerals Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING INTO SILO HAD ON SAFETY BELT AND ROPE SLIPPED ON SIDE OF SILO AND HIS BODY WEIGHT PINNED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN HIS BODY AND SIDE OF SILO CAUSING CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND.

1989 · 3 incidents

September 22, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Microminerals Inc · Fall from machine

UP ON TOP OF CLASSIFIER WITH SAFETY BELT ON FOOT SLIPPED & FELL ON DEVERTER HANDLE INJURYING RIBS ON RT SIDE

May 31, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Microminerals Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME AND OTHER IN FORKLIFT TAKING DOWN BEAM.1ST LEVEL AT MILL.PULLING ON BEAM AND IT FINALLY CAME LOOSE AND FELL O I.NAME SHOULDER.LUMP CAME UP ON SHOULDER AND SUPT SENT TO MED.DIAG-BRUISED SHOULDER.

May 26, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales MACHINERY
Microminerals Inc · Struck by flying object

CLEANING OUT #1 BAGHOUSE BRUSHING POWDER OFF INNER DOOR FRAME.THERE WAS EXCESS AMOUNT BUILDUP AND IT CAME LOOSE AND FELL ON FACE.INJURY TO LET EYE WENT TO MED CHECKED OUT AND CLEANED BOTH EYES .

1988 · 6 incidents

October 3, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Microminerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN BOLT & WAS BENDING OVER. WHEN HE TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN UP, FELT A PAAIN IN LOWER BACK.

September 29, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Microminerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING LID ON VESSEL OF FILTER RECEIVER THE LID WAS STUCK TRIED TO FEE LID UP SO IT WOULD BE IN LINE

September 6, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Microminerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 50 LB. BAG OF PRODUCT.

March 28, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Microminerals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PUSHING A FIBRE DRUM AROUND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK MEDICATION AND REST FOR 5 DAYS

March 15, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Microminerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS TAKING MACHINERY APART AND FINGER WAS SMASHED

January 13, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Microminerals Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BAG OF KOTAMITE3W/STEARIC ACID IN IT BROKE OPEN. DUST AND PARTICLES FLEW INTO EYE.

1987 · 1 incident

November 3, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Microminerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL EXTENDING 8OWN AN EXTENSION POLE.POLE SLIPPED DOWN TOO FAST HIT EMPL THUMB.