Mining Incidents

Base Company Incorporated: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Base Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Nelson Frank S
St Marys County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800640

MSHA record for Base Company Incorporated (mine ID 1800640). 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
1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985
Ownership history
  1. Base Company 1950 to 1984
  2. Base Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Base Company Incorporated sits in St. Mary's County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
St. Mary's County, Maryland · Population 114,372
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$114,580
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

1985 · 1 incident

September 24, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Base Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

THIS PARTICULAR DAY THE PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AND WAS NOT DUE TO BE OPERATED THE WORKER REMOVED THE GUARDS ON THE TAIL PULLEY SECTION OF THE CONVEYOR THREW THE MAIN S WITCH TO THE PLANT AND STARTED THE CONVEYOR WITH THE CONVEYOR ON HE ATTEMPTED TO USE A WIRE BRUSH ON THE TAIL PULLEY THE BRUSH AND HIS HAND BECAME TANGLED RESULTING IN THE LOSE OF HIS LEFT A