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Brushy Mtn Crystal Mine: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Crystals Unique · Surface
Controlled by Shelton Jane
Garland County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301658

MSHA record for Brushy Mtn Crystal Mine (mine ID 0301658). 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
1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Crystals Unique 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Brushy Mtn Crystal Mine sits in Garland County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Garland County, Arkansas · Population 100,062
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$55,409
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 8, 1989 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Crystals Unique · Struck by falling object

THE FLOOR OF THE PIT HAD BEEN BLASTED UNDER CUTTING AN OVERHANGING HIGHWALL AFTER THE BLASTED MATERIAL HAD BEEN REMOVED THE VICTIM STEPPED INTO THE EXCAVATION THE OVERHANGING HIGHWALL FELL CR USHING THE VICTIM