Southern Talc Company · Struck against a moving object
WHILE OPERATING THE INTERNATIONAL TRACK LOADER AT THE MINES STORAGE SHED THE LOADER JOLTED I NAME FORWARD INTO THE FRONT CROSS BAR
Earnest Mine: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Southern Talc Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Sued-Chemie AG
Murray County,
GA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900366
MSHA record for Earnest Mine (mine ID 0900366). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1988–1990
- Latest incident
- Sep 1990
Ownership history
- Boundary Creek Mining 1986 to 1988
- Southern Talc Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Earnest Mine sits in Murray County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Murray County, Georgia · Population 40,282
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$67,880
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 2 incidents
Southern Talc Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
REMOVING AIRHOSE FROM AIR LINE,HIT GROUND ON LEFT KNEE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.
April 5, 1989
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Southern Talc Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
BOLTING BACK WHEN ROCK FELL HITTING HAND AND GUARD RAIL ON SCISSOR LIFT TRUCK EMPL ON PLATFORM OF LIFT TRUCK AND HAD HAND ON RAILING ROCK HIT HAND ON RAILING SEVERE DAMAGE TO HAND
1988 · 3 incidents
Southern Talc Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE REACHING ACROSS JUMBO TO PICK UP TOOL & HIT WRIST ON HOT EXHAUST PIPE. LEFT WRIST BURNED.
October 13, 1988
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Talc Company · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE FELL INTO ROCK WALL INSIDE MINE AND HURT FOREARM ON PIECE OF STEEL. ACTUALLY HE WAS NEGLEGANT WAS TERMINATED AFTER RESTUNING TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.
Southern Talc Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE OPERATING JACK LEG DRILL, THE LEG SLIPPED AND CAUGHT INNER SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT.