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GENERAL SHALE PRODUCTS CORP PLAN: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Marley Plc
Smyth County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4400201

MSHA record for GENERAL SHALE PRODUCTS CORP PLAN (mine ID 4400201). 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
Sep 1992
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 PRODUCTS CORP PLAN sits in Smyth County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Smyth County, Virginia · Population 29,585
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,859
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

September 23, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
General Shale Products Corp · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS SMOOTHING OUT SHALE HAUL DUMPSITE. THERE WAS A DIP AT TONE END OF THE PILE. OPERATOR HIT THIS DIP WHILE HE WAS CHECKING MACHINE OPERATION BEHIND HIM, CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE IN HIS SEAT. DID NOT REPORT TO SUPERVISOR UNTIL 9/28/92 AND WAS NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED IT.