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Banks Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by C E Boone
Mcdowell County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101471

Banks Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
May 1987
Ownership history
  1. Explosives Supply Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1987 14
1986 13
1985 12
1984 12
1983 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Banks Pit sits in McDowell County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.5% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
McDowell County, North Carolina · Population 44,679
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$55,527
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

May 28, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Explosives Supply Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

WAS CHECKING FU8ES FOR CRUSHER FEEDER - CUT POWER OFF TOOK 1 FUSE OUT TOP OF BACK, PULLED SECOND FUSE & WAS SHOCKED THE ELECTRICTY HELD HIM & HE TRIED TO FALL TO BREAK LOOSE SOESNT REMEMBER A FTER THAT 3