Mining Incidents

DEER CROSS QUARRY: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Deer Cross Quarry · Surface
Controlled by Hall Tommy A
Daviess County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517100

MSHA record for DEER CROSS QUARRY (mine ID 1517100). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Ownership history
  1. Warrick Minerals Inc 1991 to 1992
  2. William Allen Basinger 1992 to 1995
  3. Deer Cross Quarry 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

DEER CROSS QUARRY sits in Daviess County, Kentucky, 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.
Daviess County, Kentucky · Population 103,195
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$65,323
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

1992 · 1 incident

October 27, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
William Allen Basinger · Fall from machine

EE JUMPED FROM SAND HOPPER AND IN DOING SO STRIKING BACK OF THIGH OF LEFT LEG ON A METAL ROD. TEARING LOOSE BACK OF THIGH AND THIGH MUSCLE.