ROCK WAS BLASTED IN UNDERGROUND MINE. UPON RETURNING TO WORK ON 8-22-88 WHILE PERFORMING HIS DAILY INSPECTION THE MINE FOREARM NOTICED THAT A PART OF THE ROOF ADJACENT TO BLAST AREA HAD FALLEN TO THE FLOOR. NO ONE WAS INJURED, THE ROCK HAD FALLEN SAME TIME AFTER BLASTING ON FRIDAY & WHEN HE RETURNED THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. THERE WAS NO ONE WORKING ON OR IN THE MINE DURING THE WEEKEND
Camp Nelson Stone Company Incorporated: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Camp Nelson Stone Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
John C Albright
Garrard County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1500010
MSHA record for Camp Nelson Stone Company Incorporated (mine ID 1500010). 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
- 1985–1988
- Latest incident
- Aug 1988
Ownership history
- Camp Nelson Stone Company Inc 1950 to 1979
- Camp Nelson Stone Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Camp Nelson Stone Company Incorporated sits in Garrard County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Garrard County, Kentucky · Population 17,346
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,572
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1988 · 1 incident
Camp Nelson Stone Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
1986 · 1 incident
January 31, 1986
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Camp Nelson Stone Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object
EMP WAS CLEANIN1 FEEDER WHEN ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE EMBANKMENT AND HIT HIS LEG
1985 · 1 incident
April 8, 1985
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Camp Nelson Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ROCK WAS HUING IN FEEDER EE ATTEMPTED TO FREE RO CK HAND GOT CAUGHT IN FEEDER & CUT OFF ENDS OF 3 FINGERS ON RT HAND.