Frye Shale Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Frye Shale Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Frye Virginia
Chilton County,
AL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0101812
MSHA record for Frye Shale Pit (mine ID 0101812). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Frye Shale Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Frye Shale Pit sits in Chilton County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 1.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Chilton County, Alabama · Population 45,500
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$61,873
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.