Mining Incidents

Floyd County Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Floyd County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901062

MSHA record for Floyd County Quarry (mine ID 0901062). 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
1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Ownership history
  1. Power Plant Constructors 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Floyd County Quarry sits in Floyd County, Georgia, 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.
Floyd County, Georgia · Population 98,985
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$62,540
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

1992 · 1 incident

October 26, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Plant Constructors · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE TRIED TO FORCE SAMPLE TRAY BY HITTING IT WITH HIS HANDS. HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE LEFT ARM AGAINST TRAY TRACK.