Mining Incidents

Exploration Drill Site #5 Metal/Non-Metal

Framco · Surface
Avery County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101744

MSHA record for Exploration Drill Site #5 (mine ID 3101744). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Framco 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Exploration Drill Site #5 sits in Avery County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Avery County, North Carolina · Population 17,643
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$57,657
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.