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E P Pitts Sand: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Boward G LocherJr
Horry County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800128

MSHA record for E P Pitts Sand (mine ID 3800128). 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
1984
Latest incident
Dec 1984
Ownership history
  1. Locher & Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

E P Pitts Sand sits in Horry 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.
Horry County, South Carolina · Population 368,937
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,623
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

1984 · 1 incident

December 15, 1984 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Locher & Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A BOULDER WAS STUCK IN THE CRUSHER AND I.NAME WAS USING A SHOVEL TOOTH SUSPENDED ON A STEEL CABLE TO FREE THE BOULDER. THE TOOTH FLEW OUT OF THE CRUSHER AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE. LACERATION OF RIGHT CHEEK FRACTURE OF R CHEEK BONE, FRACTURE OF RIGHT JAW BAONE