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FAYEET PIT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Terry Bunn; S T Bunn Jr
Fayette County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100593

MSHA record for FAYEET PIT (mine ID 0100593). 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
1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. Fayco Inc 1950 to 1983
  2. S T Bunn Construction Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

FAYEET PIT sits in Fayette County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Fayette County, Alabama · Population 16,173
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$50,733
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

1988 · 1 incident

September 19, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S T Bunn Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS MOVING SOME ROCKS AROUND A FOOT VALVE AT THE WASHER AND PULLED HIS LEFT SHOULDER OUT OF PLACE THIS WAS A REOCCURING INJURY THAT HE DID NTO LET US KNOW ABOUT BEFORE HE STARTED WORKING WI TH US