Scarborough Granite Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
STEPPED DOWN ON LEDGE AND FOOT TURNED.
Sapphire Blue: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Scarborough Granite Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Scarborough Morris & Kenneth Johnson
Oglethorpe County,
GA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900059
Sapphire Blue has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1987.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1987–1988
- Latest incident
- Nov 1988
Ownership history
- Scarborough Granite Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 5 |
| 1991 | 4 |
| 1990 | 5 |
| 1989 | 7 |
| 1988 | 6 |
| 1987 | 5 |
| 1986 | 6 |
| 1985 | 6 |
| 1984 | 9 |
| 1983 | 16 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Sapphire Blue sits in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Oglethorpe County, Georgia · Population 15,221
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,784
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1988 · 1 incident
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1987 · 1 incident
Scarborough Granite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BLOWING OUT DIR5L HOLE. TURNED LOOSE AIR HOSE & HIT HIM IN EYE.