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Brownsville Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Becker Minerals Inc · Surface
Controlled by Alfred Mc Alpine Inc
Marlboro County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800165

MSHA record for Brownsville Mine (mine ID 3800165). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Aug 1984
Ownership history
  1. Becker Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to 1986
  2. Becker Minerals Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Brownsville Mine sits in Marlboro County, South Carolina, 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.
Marlboro County, South Carolina · Population 26,285
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$36,293
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

1984 · 1 incident

August 4, 1984 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Becker Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING TOOTH WITH HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT FOREARM. HE HAD TO GET STITCHES.

1983 · 2 incidents

September 15, 1983 SC · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Becker Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING RAIL BAR & IT SLIPPED THEN MASHED HIS INDEX FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND, WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

May 17, 1983 SC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Becker Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING VIBRATOR MOTOR WITH TWO OTHER MEN-3 DAYS LATER HE SAID HE HURT BACK LIFTING-NO LOST TIME WAS INVOLVED UNTIL 9/9/83 HAS WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM DR EXCUSING HIM FROM WORK UNTIL 10-17-83