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Columbus Quarry: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Muscogee County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900756

Columbus Quarry has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Florida Rock Industries Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 9
1989 9
1983 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Columbus Quarry sits in Muscogee County, Georgia, 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.
Muscogee County, Georgia · Population 204,383
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,622
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

1989 · 2 incidents

October 31, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF HAUL UNIT FOOT SLIPPED ON BOTTOM STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL ABOUT 2 FT TO THE GROUND INJURING INSIDE LEGS GROIN AREA.

April 19, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP STEP THAT FELL FROM SHOVEL, BAD SPOT ON STEP CUT EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND INSIDE OF THUMB.

1983 · 1 incident

March 25, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DISMANTLING BINS AT COLUMBUS PLANT EMP WAS VCUTTING BOLTS OUT OF BINS BOTTOM OF BINS GAVE WAY CAUSING EMP TO FALL APPROX 8FT TO THE GROUND TORCH THAT HE WAS USING TO CUT BOLTS BURNED SHOU SHOULDER