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Belfast Plant: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Rogers Group Inc · Surface
Marshall County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000174

Belfast Plant has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1992
Latest incident
Feb 1992
Ownership history
  1. Belfast Rock Company 1950 to 1994
  2. Rogers Group Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1996 0
1995 2
1994 9
1993 12
1992 11
1991 9
1990 11
1989 8
1988 7
1987 11
1986 8
1985 5
1984 4
1983 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Belfast Plant sits in Marshall County, Tennessee, 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.
Marshall County, Tennessee · Population 35,276
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,829
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1992 · 1 incident

February 11, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belfast Rock Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ACETYLENE BOTTLES

1989 · 1 incident

June 28, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Belfast Rock Company · Struck by falling object

SUBJECT WAS DIPPING WET ROCK OUT OF HOPPER.NOT WEARING HARD HAT IMPACT CRUSHER ACCIDENTALLY TURNED ON. STONE FELL LESS THAN FOOT ON THE HEAD.

1985 · 1 incident

May 7, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belfast Rock Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SUBJECT WAS PUTING ON TRUCK TIRE IN SHOP. FINGER WAS CARRYING BETWEEN RIM AND HUB HE PULLED OFF FLESH LIP OF FINGER.