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Crab Orchard Quarry: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lhoist Group
Cumberland County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002717

Crab Orchard Quarry has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Sep 1991
Ownership history
  1. Franklin Industrial Minerals 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1993 1
1992 9
1991 2
1990 2
1989 6
1988 1
1987 7
1986 7
1985 7
1984 0
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Crab Orchard Quarry sits in Cumberland County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Cumberland County, Tennessee · Population 62,529
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$58,475
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1991 · 1 incident

September 30, 1991 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Franklin Industrial Minerals · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING TAPE OFF PUMP TRUCK HOSE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND STUCK IN HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

1990 · 1 incident

November 19, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Franklin Industrial Minerals · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL CARRYING 6' PIECE OF DRILL STEEL ON TRACK DRILL AS IT WAS BEING MOVED.STEEL FELL OFF,EMPL BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP.AS HE REACHED FOR IT THE TRACK DRILL SETTLED BACKWARD SLIGHTLY ROLLING ON TO STEEL.THIS MASHED DRILL STEEL DOWN ON TOP OF EMPL FOOT.