Mining Incidents

FOXWORTHMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Sedgie F Reid
Columbia, Marion County, MS · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200723
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Jul 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

THE DREDGE OPERATOR WAS PUMPING MATERIALS WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE IN THE ENGINE ROOM. HE THEN STARTED TO CLEAN OUT AND SHUT DOWN WHEN HE SAW A MASSIVE FLAME COVER THE ENGINE ROOM, HE EVACUATED T HE DREDGE & CALLED THE FIRE DEPT. THE DREGE APPEARS TO BE A TOTAL LOSS BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES.