Mining Incidents

Blacksburg Mine And Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Cherokee County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800133

MSHA record for Blacksburg Mine And Mill (mine ID 3800133). 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
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. Jobe Sand Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Blacksburg Mine And Mill sits in Cherokee County, South Carolina, 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.
Cherokee County, South Carolina · Population 56,299
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,047
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

August 4, 1983 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jobe Sand Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRIPPED STEPPING OFF BELT CONVEYOE AND HURT KNEE.