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B & B Sand Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

B & B Sand Company · Surface
Pottawatomie County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401320

MSHA record for B & B Sand Pit (mine ID 3401320). 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
1983–1984
Latest incident
Apr 1984
Ownership history
  1. B & B Sand Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

B & B Sand Pit sits in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma · Population 73,011
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,828
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

1984 · 1 incident

April 14, 1984 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
B & B Sand Company · Contact with electrical current

SMOKE AROSE FROM THE BARGE AND I.NAME WAS IN A METAL BOAT GOING OUT TO SHUT OFF THE POWER. HE WAS TOLD TO STOP BUT WOULDNT LISTEN AND WHEN THE METAL BOAT TOUCHED THE BARGE HE WAS SHOCKED AND K NOCKED BACK OUT OF THE BOAT

1983 · 1 incident

October 10, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
B & B Sand Company · Flash burns (electric)

OG & E HAD BEEN OUT TWICE THAT DAY WORKING ON LINE FUSES AND KIM TURNED MAIN POWER ON AND WAS TOLD TO TURN ON LIGHT DISCONNECT SWITCH IT BLEW OUT ANDFLASH BURNED HIS HAND