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Fairfield Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dravo Corp
Butler County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3301589

MSHA record for Fairfield Plant (mine ID 3301589). 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
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Fairfield Plant sits in Butler County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Butler County, Ohio · Population 389,910
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,194
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

1983 · 1 incident

September 12, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE & MAINTENANCE MAN WERE WORKING ON DRAGLINE WHEN MAINTENANCE MAN TRIED TO CLIMB ON CRANE WHILE CARRYING AIR CHAMBER. HE LOST HIS BALANCE & EE TRIED TO CATCH HIM. AIR CHAMBER FELL ON EE\S LEF T HAND CRUSHING LITTLE FINGER & 3RD FINGER.