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Fairfield Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

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

Fairfield Plant has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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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.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 5
1984 11
1983 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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.