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County Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Van Buren County-Tn
Van Buren County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4001467

County Quarry has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jan 1988
Ownership history
  1. Van Buren County Highway Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1998 3
1997 5
1996 6
1995 7
1994 7
1993 6
1992 7
1991 8
1990 8
1989 6
1988 6
1987 6
1986 7
1985 6
1984 5
1983 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

County Quarry sits in Van Buren County, Tennessee, 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.
Van Buren County, Tennessee · Population 6,293
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$60,281
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

January 21, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Van Buren County Highway Department · Struck by flying object

LOADING CRUSHER3WITH ROCK WHEN DIRT BLEW OR FELL INTO LEFT EYE OF OPERATOR CAUSING THE EYE TO BE SCRATED.