Mining Incidents

PLANT NO.2: 16 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Feldspar Corp · Facility
Mitchell County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3100793

MSHA record for PLANT NO.2 (mine ID 3100793). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1985–1997
Latest incident
Oct 1997
Ownership history
  1. Feldspar Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT NO.2 sits in Mitchell County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 6.2% 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.
Mitchell County, North Carolina · Population 14,973
6.2%
Mining share of county employment
$58,089
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

1997 · 1 incident

October 21, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Feldspar Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON STEPS BREAKING HIS ANKLE.

1994 · 2 incidents

November 14, 1994 NC · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Feldspar Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PLACING A GLASS VIAL IN A TEST INSTRUMENT AND THE VIAL BROKE, CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. (THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES)

February 27, 1994 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Feldspar Corp · Fall down stairs

EE SLIPPED ON STEPS. AND FELL HE FELT PAIN HIS HIP BACK AND NECK. EE WENT TO DR ON 4-20-94 AND WAS TOLD TO STAY POT OF WORK 1 WEEK. THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL 4-20-94.

1993 · 1 incident

June 7, 1993 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Feldspar Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMANTLING A PUMP AND A WRENCH SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS HAND AGAINST THE PUMP BODY, BREAKING HIS FINGER.

1992 · 2 incidents

January 15, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Feldspar Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS SHOVELING AND HAD PAIN IN BACK.

January 6, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Feldspar Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TWISTED ANKLE AND KNEE WHILE CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS.

1991 · 1 incident

December 18, 1991 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Feldspar Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PICKED UP A HEAVY ROD WHICH STARTED HURTING IN HIS BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

October 8, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Feldspar Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A HEAD PULLEY.

1989 · 2 incidents

October 2, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Feldspar Corp · Struck by falling object

MAKING REP. IN PLANT EMP REC BLOW TO R FT FORM ANGLE IRON WHEN BOLT FELL OUT. SM TOE R FT BRUISED AND FRACT. NO DISPL

February 25, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Feldspar Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A PIPE AND FOOT VALVE INTO WATERHOLE WHICH SUPPLIES PALNT WITH WATER. HE WAS STANDING ON A STEEP INCLINE, EMBANKMENT GAVE WAY CAYUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL AND STRICKING HIS BACK ON A PIPE.

1988 · 2 incidents

July 26, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Feldspar Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP WA> IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH WATER PROCESSED IN F ILTER PLANT AND WA> UNAWARE OF ALLERGY TO SOME UNKNOWN CHEMICLA ELEMENT IN T HE WATER UNTIL A RASH DEVEOPED COVERING EXTENSIVE AREAS OF BOTH HADS FOREARMS AND ABOVE ELBOW AREAS THAT WA> ITCHY AND RED

February 15, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Feldspar Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FOUR EMPLOYEE S WERE LIFTING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR DXX FROM A DUST COLLECTOR WITH A ROPE ONE EMPLOYEE LIFTED MORE QUICKLY THAT THE OTHERS AND CAUSED MOTOR TO SWING TOWARD SIDE WHERE EMPLOYEE WHO W AS INJURED WAS LIFTING CAUSING HIM TO CATCH HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND THE FRAME.

1987 · 3 incidents

October 15, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Feldspar Corp · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WENT UP STEEP SPIRAL STEPS TO CHECK ON CYCLONES HIS FOOT MISSED A STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON THE STIAR WAY HE LANDED WITH HIS LEG AND ANKLE IN A TWISTED POSITION AT WHICH TIME HE HE HEARD HIS K NEE POP ON 12 24 88 ABOUT 1 AM WHILE DOING THE SAME JOB HIS KNEE LOCKED FOR A SHORT TIME LATER STRAIGHTENING OUT EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS AS AN ACCIDENT AT THE TIME DID NOT

July 2, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Feldspar Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SA4ING BOLT INTO TWO PARTS THE SAW SLIPPED EMPLOYEE CUT HIS FINGER ON THE BOLT REQUIRING SUTURES

June 29, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Feldspar Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING THRU THE PLANT WHEN SOMETHING BLEW OR FELL IN EYE

1985 · 1 incident

May 6, 1985 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Feldspar Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TRACTION WHEEL ON TOP OF ELEVATOR AND HAD PUT BAR THROUGH ELEVATOR CHAIN AND HITCHED IT TO A COMEALONG TO HOLD THE CHAIN IN POSITION. THE BAR SLIPPED OUT LETTING THE CHAIN FALL CATCHING EMPLOYEE\S LEFT HAND, HURTING HAND, REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.