Mining Incidents

Graves County Mines Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Imerys S A
Mayfield, Graves County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1504511

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Nov 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
22
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,811
proposed penalties
$1,680
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,540 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,306 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,524 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,698 2 0 425.7
2008 Q4 595 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 568 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,605 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2003 · 1 incident

2002 · 4 incidents

December 16, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

INSTALLING FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM WHEN EE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO A SKYLIGHT. FELL APPROXIMATELY 16 TO 18 FEET.

April 16, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 LB BAGS OF CLAY WHEN A COUPLE OF BAGS GOT TURNED SIDEWAYS ON THE BELT. EMPLOYEE PUT HIS RIGHT ARM OUT AND WAS HOLDING THE BAGS BACK. HE REACHED OVER WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO TURN OFF THE BELT, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HISRIGHT ARM.

February 13, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LETTING RAIL CARS DOWN AT THE DRYER. WHEN HE STARTED TO TIGHTEN THE BRAKES ON ONE OF THE CARS HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. HE STRAINED HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN.

January 22, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PICKING UP SMALL CROSS TIES AND PLACING THEM ON A PALLET EE FOOT SLIPPED AND WHEN EE CAUGHT HIS BALANCE HE STRAINED HIS BACK. EE DID NOT FALL. IT HAD BEEN RAINING.

2001 · 4 incidents

August 20, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON LOADER 1527. HE WAS FIXING THE PARKING BRAKE. WHEN HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE. EE WAS TAKEN TO DR TO GET IT REMOVED.

July 25, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING PUT 55 GAL BARRELS OF ANTIFREEZE INTO THE CONTAINMENT. THE CHAIN SLIPPED & THE BARREL THAT EE WAS GUIDING INTO PLACE, SHIFTED & SWUNG INTO ANOTHER BARREL & CAUGHT HIS FINGER BET WEEN THE BARRELS.

June 11, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CHANGING OUT A BEARING ON THE MILL. WHILECLEANING THE MILL SHAFT WITH A SAND SCREEN, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS LEFT RING FINGER. HEHAD TO HAVE 3 STITCHES.

May 4, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS GOING TO EMPTY THE DUMPSTER AT THE DRYER. HE WAS LOOKING UP AT THE BELT AND WATCHING THE POLES THAT HOLD THE BELT UP. WHEN THE SLIDE SHIFT OF THE FORKLIFT HIT A POLE HIS RIGHT THUMB GOT HUNG IN THE STEERING WHEEL. HIS BODY WENT FORWARD & IT PUSHED HIS SHOULDER BACK. HE WENT TO DR.& 1ST AID ONLY 5-5-01 AFTER WORK. BECAME REPORTABLE 7/27 WENT HE TOOK OF FOR SURGERY. EST 6-8 WE

2000 · 1 incident

February 16, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING THE TRANSMISSION ON A DUMP TRUCK. GOT SOMETH8ING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. EE HAD WASHED OFF THE TRUCK & TRANSMISSION. HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES. WE DID FIRT AID AT THE PLANT. TOOK HIM TO THE DR. TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THE DR. GAVE HIM A PRESCRIPTION FOR HIS EYE.