Mining Incidents

#9 Mining Company: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

#9 Mining Company · Surface
Horry County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800615

MSHA record for #9 Mining Company (mine ID 3800615). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. #9 Mining Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#9 Mining Company sits in Horry County, South Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Horry County, South Carolina · Population 368,937
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,623
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

August 11, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
#9 Mining Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM CRUSHER. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. 16" AND LANDED ON HH HIS RIGHT FOOT.

1987 · 1 incident

June 9, 1987 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
#9 Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MACHINE I3 FULL OPERATION HE USING A SHOVEL ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN MATERIAL FROM UNDER THE BELTS & ROLLERS AT WHICH TIME THE SHOVEL HIS HAND AND ARM WERE PULLED INTO THE BELTS & ROLLERS RESU LTING IN HIS IN4URY