Banks Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Explosives Supply Company Inc · Surface

Controlled by C E Boone

Mcdowell County, NC · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3101471

MSHA record for Banks Pit (mine ID 3101471). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 1987
Latest incident: May 1987

Ownership history

Explosives Supply Company Inc 1950 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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.

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

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

Reportable incidents

1987 · 1 incident

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