Mining Incidents

Bowen Pit: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bowen Ernest L
Lexington County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800578

MSHA record for Bowen Pit (mine ID 3800578). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. Wise Sand Company 1980 to 1981
  2. Lexington Sand Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bowen Pit sits in Lexington 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.
Lexington County, South Carolina · Population 300,370
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$75,014
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded