Mining Incidents

Deerfield Mill: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bullis L J Jr
Jasper County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800526

MSHA record for Deerfield Mill (mine ID 3800526). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Coastal Abrasives & Filter Sand Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Deerfield Mill sits in Jasper County, South Carolina, 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.
Jasper County, South Carolina · Population 30,658
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,503
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

1987 · 1 incident

March 18, 1987 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING UP OUTSIDE OF BAGGING MACHINE TO CLEAN SCREEN OVER CEMENT HOPPER AND FELL, STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON SIDE OF CONVEYOR BELT FRAME.

1986 · 1 incident

February 18, 1986 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coastal Abrasives & Filter Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME WAS SHOV9LING SAND AND SCRATCHED HIS HEAD ON THE FRAME OF THE DRYER HE DEVELOPED BLOOD POISONING FROM THE SCRATCH