Mining Incidents

Quincy Mineral Plant: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by J M Huber Corp
Adams County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102197

MSHA record for Quincy Mineral Plant (mine ID 1102197). 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
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. Calcium Carbonate Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Quincy Mineral Plant sits in Adams County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Adams County, Illinois · Population 65,166
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,962
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

1983 · 4 incidents

August 2, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calcium Carbonate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A LID ON AN AUGER IN ORDER TO TAKE A SAMPLE WHEN HE LIFTED THE LID HIS SHOULDER WAS DISLOCATED HE HAD INJURED HIS SHOULDER APPROX ONE YEAR AGO OFF THE JOB AND DID NOT SEEK MEDI CAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME

May 11, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calcium Carbonate Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE NOTICE SOME MATERIAL IN THE TRUCK BED AFTER HE DUMPED LOAD IN HOPPER. HE GRABBED HOLD OF THE TOP LEFT SIDE OF TAILGATE WITH RIGHT HAND KICKED BOTTOM OF TAILGATE TO STRIKE THE TRACK BE D. INDEX FINGER WAS TOO CLOSE TO SIDE OF TAILGATE AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TRUCKSIDE FRAME ANDTAILGATE.

May 11, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calcium Carbonate Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRYER OPERATOR WAS PACKING 50 LB BAGS OF MATERIAL ONTO PALLET WHEN HE FELT PAIN ON HIS RT SIDE OF GROIN AREA PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED INJURY AS AN INJUINAL HERNIA

February 3, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calcium Carbonate Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SUPERVISOR WAS EXITING ZINC DRYER CONTROL ROOM AND CLOSED DOOR ON TIP OF FINGER.METAL DOOR PINCHED OFF END OF FINGER CAUSING AMPUTATION AND FRACTURE.