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GENERAL SHALE PITS: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Marley Plc
Marshall County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100141

MSHA record for GENERAL SHALE PITS (mine ID 0100141). 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
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. General Shale Products Corp 1950 to 1986
  2. General Shale Products Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

GENERAL SHALE PITS sits in Marshall County, Alabama, 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.
Marshall County, Alabama · Population 98,712
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,946
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

July 22, 1983 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
General Shale Products Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR DOING PM ON TURBO BLOWER OF REAR ENGINE OF THE TEREX TS14. HE WAS WIPING DUST OUT OF TURBO & ENGAGED STARTED BEFORE MOVING HARD FROM INSIDE OF BLOWER CUTTING END OFF OF FINGERS OF LEF T HAND.