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Gilmer Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Beasley John L
Murray County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901014

MSHA record for Gilmer Pit (mine ID 0901014). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Gilmer Lime & Stone Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gilmer Pit sits in Murray County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Murray County, Georgia · Population 40,282
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$67,880
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

June 21, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Gilmer Lime & Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I. NAME WHO IS EMP.. TO WORK AROUND THE MILL, HAD HIS FINGER INJ. WHILE TRYING TO LOOSEN A BELT WHICH HAD GOTTEN STUCK. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT UP IN T HE BELT.

June 17, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gilmer Lime & Stone Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE A TIRE ON TRUCK8THE INJURED, THE FREMAN AT GILMER LIME AND STONE INC HAD HIS FINGER INJURED WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE NUTS AND THE WRENCH HE WAS USING BROKE,CRUSH ING HIS FINGER AGAINST THE WHEEL.