0000891014-14-000025.txt : 20141229 0000891014-14-000025.hdr.sgml : 20141225 20141229152052 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891014-14-000025 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20141222 ITEM INFORMATION: Mine Safety - Reporting of Shutdowns and Patterns of Violations FILED AS OF DATE: 20141229 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20141229 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000891014 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS [2810] IRS NUMBER: 251190717 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11430 FILM NUMBER: 141312479 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 622 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017-6707 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-878-1800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 622 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017-6707 8-K 1 form8kmsha.htm MTI REPORT ON FORM 8-K - MSHA ORDER

 
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
 Pursuant To Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 22, 2014
 

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
   
    1-11430
   
25-1190717
(State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation)
 
(Commission File
 Number)
 
(IRS Employer
  Identification No.)

  622 Third Avenue, New York, NY
                
10017-6707
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

 
(212) 878-1800
 
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions.
 
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Item 1.04
 
Mine Safety – Reporting of Shutdowns and Patterns of Violations.
 
 
 
On December 22, 2014, Specialty Minerals Inc., a subsidiary of Minerals Technologies Inc., received an imminent danger order issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration under section 107(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 at its Adams Mine in Adams, Massachusetts.  The order alleges that an operator was walking on an apron feeder for a dryer that was energized and moving forward during a cleaning operation.  The cleaning operation was stopped immediately and the operator was removed from the apron section.  No injuries occurred in connection with the cited incident.
 





SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                          
                                        
MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Thomas J. Meek
 
 
Name:
Thomas J. Meek
 
 
Title:
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Human Resources, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
 
 
 
  Date:  December 29, 2014