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Finley Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Finley Ossie
Mcdowell County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102019

MSHA record for Finley Quarry (mine ID 3102019). 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
May 1988
Ownership history
  1. Ossie Finley Building Stone 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Finley Quarry sits in McDowell County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
McDowell County, North Carolina · Population 44,679
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$55,527
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

May 1, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Ossie Finley Building Stone · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRACKS OF THE TRACK LOADER AND PICK UP TRUCK FRONT END AFTER JUMP STARTING THE TRACK LOADER. THE LOADER EIGHTER STARTED IN GEAR OR JUMPED IN GEAR CAUSING T TH LOADER TO BACK UP AOPPROX. 10 FEET INJURES INCLUDED LACERATION HEMATOMA ABOVE RIGHT EYE, BRUISED CHEST LARGE ADOMNAIL LACERATION WITH EXPOSED INTESTINES LARGE LACERATION TO BACK OF LEGS OR