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Best Barite Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Best Barite Company · Facility
Controlled by Blast Abrasives Inc
Caddo County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401349

MSHA record for Best Barite Mill (mine ID 3401349). 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
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. Best Barite Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Best Barite Mill sits in Caddo County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 5.5% 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.
Caddo County, Oklahoma · Population 26,626
5.5%
Mining share of county employment
$52,817
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

1983 · 1 incident

June 24, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Best Barite Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT CONVEYOR BACKED UP AND HE CLIMBED ON TO THE CONVEYOR TO CLEAR OUT THE JAM AND STRUCK SCALP ON ANGLE IRON SUPPORTS WHEN HE JUMPED UP.