Mining Incidents

Whitestone-Mill #1: 15 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Imerys S A
Gilmer County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900323

MSHA record for Whitestone-Mill #1 (mine ID 0900323). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1985–1992
Latest incident
Nov 1992
Ownership history
  1. Georgia Marble Company 1950 to 1989
  2. Georgia Marble Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Whitestone-Mill #1 sits in Gilmer County, Georgia, 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.
Gilmer County, Georgia · Population 31,976
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,542
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1992 · 5 incidents

November 4, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Georgia Marble Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF MAINTENANCE TRUCK ONTO A ROCK, HIDDEN UNDER SOME LEAVES, AND TURNED HIS ANKLE. SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.

October 26, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Marble Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 LB BAGS OF MATERIAL ON PALLETS WHEN HE FELT A CATCH IN BACK. STRAINED BACK.

August 20, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Marble Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS STACKING 50 LB BAGS OF LIMESTONE ONTO PALLETS WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN BACK.

July 31, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

55061S ATTEMPTING TO USE A PRY BAR TO REPOSITION A ROCK WHICH WAS HUNG ON TOP OF THE PRIMARY CRUCHER. THE CRUSHER WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME. THE MOVING CRUSHER CAUGHT THE PRY BAR AND CAUSED RAIL ?0550WAS TRANSPORTED TO DR.'S OFFICE BY HIMESELF

April 20, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING CLODS OF MATERIAL FROM THE SCREEN GUARD AT THE BOTTOM OF HOPPER WHICH FEEDS LIME-RITE INTO AN ELEVATOR,WHEN HIS FINGER PENETRATED THE GUARD AND WAS CAUGHT BY A PASSING ME TAL ELEVATOR BUCKET MASHING IT BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE GUARD.RESULTED IN BRUISED FINGER AND TIP OF BONE FRACTURE.

1989 · 3 incidents

September 25, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON THE SIDE OF STORAGE BIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DISLODGE MATERIAL CLINGING TO SIDES OF BIN. HAND SLIPPED AND LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE BIN. FRACTURE TO LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

April 12, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Georgia Marble Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS LOADING TRUCK AT RAILROAD SLIDING AT PLANT #1 WHEN HE STEPPED OFF RAILROAD CROSS TIE. HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN CALF OF RIGHT LEG. EMPL STRAINED LIGAMENT IN RIGHT LEG.

March 2, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS SPLITTING RUBBER TORQUE ARRESTERS FOR WELL PUMP WITH POCKET KNIFE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING SMALL LACERATION TO INSIDE OF RIGHT KNEE AREA.

1987 · 4 incidents

September 24, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Marble Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING OUT CHUTE ON BAGGING MACHINE WHEN HAND HIT THE EDGE OF CHUTE CAUSING LACERATION TO LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND

September 21, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING APIECE OF PLASTIC PIPE WHEN HIS POCKET KNIFE FOLDED AND CUT HIS FINGER. THREE STITCHES TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

March 25, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO BREAK ROCK, WHICH WAS LODGED IN CRUSHER, WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER-HAMMER GLANCED OFF ROCK AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT ANKLE.

Date unknown GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Unknown operator · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING THE INSIDE OF RAILROAD HOPPER CAR AND SLIPPED HITTING HIS LEFT ELBOW.

1986 · 2 incidents

July 15, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PA3NTING WAREHOUSE WITH AIR SPRAY GUN WHEN GUN BECAME CLOGGED. EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE GUN BY WORKING THE ON/OFF SWITCH. THE GUN SUDDENLY BECAME UNCLOGGED AND PAIN HI T INDEX FINGER 5ND PENETRATED THE SKIN.

March 25, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Marble Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CHANGING3MOTOR ON VIBRATOR FEEDER FOR PELLETIZER WAS LIFTING MOTOR INTO PLACE STRAINED RT LOWER ABDOMEN POSSIBEL HERNIA

1985 · 1 incident

October 19, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS REMOVING INSPECTION PLATE FROM NO2 HAMMERMILL HE WAS THROWING THE PLATE TO THE SIDE WHEN IT H IT A CONCRETE WALL OR PILLLAR AND BOUNCED BACK HITTING EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT