Mining Incidents

Henry County Mines Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Imerys S A
Whitlock, Henry County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000883

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2008
Latest incident
Oct 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$410
proposed penalties
$410
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
2009 Q3 616 3 0 4870.1
2009 Q2 1,205 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 1,996 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

2 on file

2008 · 1 incident

October 15, 2008 TN · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee #1 heard a strange noise and called out to co-worker. When he did not get an answer he walked around some of the mill structures some 40 feet away and found employee #2 lying face up on floor breathing heavy and unconscious. Employee #2 had sustained a broken bone in his left wrist during the unexpected slip, trip or fall.

2000 · 1 incident

October 19, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUSHING ON PLASTIC HANDLE TO RELEASE DOOR LATCH, HANDLE BROKE OFF, LACERATING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.